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# General Information:
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The tells of what the Israelites did.
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# call to mind
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"remember." See how this is translated in [Psalms 20:3](../020/003.md).
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# God was their rock
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The writer speaks about God as if he were a hill or mountain where people could go to be safe from their enemies. AT: "God was the one who protected them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# their rescuer
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"the one who rescued them"
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# flatter him
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"tell him he was wonderful when they did not believe it"
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# with their mouth
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The word "mouth" is a metonym for the words they spoke using their mouths. AT: "by saying what they said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# their hearts were not firmly fixed on him
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Here "hearts" is a metonym for their thoughts. To be loyal to him is spoken of as being solidly attached to him. AT: "their thoughts were not focused on him" or "they were not loyal to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]) |