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To distinguish between Adonai and Yahweh, some modern English translations use small capital letters: Adonai = the Lord, Yahweh = the LORD.

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In Psalms 42–83, Elohim occurs more than four times as often as Yahweh, whereas in the rest of Psalms, Yahweh is used 20 times more often than Elohim.