unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/042/001.md

# General Information:

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

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

# A maschil

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).

# As the deer pants after streams of water, so I thirst for you, God

The author compares his desire for God to the desire of a thirsty deer for water.

# pants

heavy breathing from an animal or person that is very tired or thirsty

# I thirst for you, God ... thirst for God

The author speaks of his strong desire for God as if it were a strong thirst for water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# when will I come and appear before God?

The author does not ask this question to get an answer but to show his strong desire to be before God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chief]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/korah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# For the chief musician`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"This is for the director of music to use in worship."`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# A maschil`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# As the deer pants after streams of water, so I thirst for you, God`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The author compares his desire for God to the desire of a thirsty deer for water.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# pants`
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			`heavy breathing from an animal or person that is very tired or thirsty`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I thirst for you, God ... thirst for God`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The author speaks of his strong desire for God as if it were a strong thirst for water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# when will I come and appear before God?`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`The author does not ask this question to get an answer but to show his strong desire to be before God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chief]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/korah]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]`