See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]

## For the chief musician, ##

"This is for the director of music to use in worship,"

## for Jeduthun ##

See how to translate names: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]].

## A psalm of David ##

"This is a psalm that David wrote."

## I will watch what I say-  ##

**  AT: "I will pay attention to the things that I say." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## so that I do not sin with my tongue ##

AT: "so that I do not speak an offense against Yahweh." Tongue represents the whole person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## muzzle ##

To "muzzle" means to keep a mouth shut. Here David means that he will not speak while he is with an evil person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])