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"