en_tn/psa/020/001.md

# General Information:

This Psalm begins with a group of people speaking to the king of Israel. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# For the chief musician. A psalm of David.

This is a superscription that tells about the psalm. Some scholars say that this is part of the scripture and some say that it is not. (See "What are Superscriptions in Psalms" in [Introduction to Psalms](../front/intro.md).)

# For the chief musician

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

# help you

The word "you" in this Psalm is singular and refers to the king.

# in the day of trouble

"in times of trouble" or "when you are in trouble"

# may the name of the God of Jacob protect you

Possible meanings are 1) here "name" is a metonym for God's power. Alternate translation: "may the power of the God of Jacob protect you" or "may the God of Jacob protect you by his power" or 2) here "name" is a metonym for God himself. Alternate translation: "may the God of Jacob protect you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This Psalm begins with a group of people speaking to the king of Israel. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])`
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			`This is a superscription that tells about the psalm. Some scholars say that this is part of the scripture and some say that it is not. (See "What are Superscriptions in Psalms" in [Introduction to Psalms](../front/intro.md).)`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# For the chief musician`

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

			`# help you`

			`The word "you" in this Psalm is singular and refers to the king.`

			`# in the day of trouble`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"in times of trouble" or "when you are in trouble"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# may the name of the God of Jacob protect you`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) here "name" is a metonym for God's power. Alternate translation: "may the power of the God of Jacob protect you" or "may the God of Jacob protect you by his power" or 2) here "name" is a metonym for God himself. Alternate translation: "may the God of Jacob protect you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
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