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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship."
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# A psalm of David
Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or 3) the psalm is in the style of David's psalms.
# take refuge in Yahweh
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Going to Yahweh for protection is spoken of as taking refuge in him. AT: "go to Yahweh for protection" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# how will you say to me, "Flee like a bird to the mountain"?
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This question is asked to provide emphasis. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "So do not ask me to run away!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# For see! The wicked prepare their bows. They make ready their arrows on the strings to shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart
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"Look! the wicked are preparing to attack upright people"
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# upright in heart
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Here "upright in heart" refers to godly or righteous people.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chief]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/psalm]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bowweapon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/darkness]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
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