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This psalm is a prayer for help.
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See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]
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## For the chief musician; ##
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship;"
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## set to Shoshannim ##
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This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 45:1](../045/001.md).
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## A psalm of David ##
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“This is a psalm that David wrote.”
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## for the waters have put my life in danger ##
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AT: "for it feels like I'm drowning in the waters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## mire ##
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thick mud
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## I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me ##
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This phrase is another way of saying that he feels hopeless and his problems appear to drown him. AT: "It feels like I am in deep waters, and the floodwaters flow over me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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