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# Because your covenant faithfulness is better than life, my lips
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The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated with an adverb and the abstract noun "life" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "I value you being faithful to your covenant more than I value living, so my lips" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# my lips will praise you
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Here "my lips" represents the whole person. AT: "I will praise you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# I will lift up my hands in your name
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Here "in your name" means "to you." AT: "I will worship you and pray to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |