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A psalm of Asaph.
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;"
## set to the Gittith ##
This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 8:1](../008/001.md).
## A psalm of Asaph ##
"This is a psalm that Asaph wrote."
## God our strength ##
"God who gives us strength"
## the God of Jacob ##
AT: "the God of Israel, the nation of Jacob's descendants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
## play the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp ##
These are musical instruments.
## tambourine ##
a musical instrument with a head like a drum that can be hit and with pieces of metal around the side that sound when the instrument is shaken
## when our feast day begins ##
"and on the days when our feasts begin"