en_tn/psa/121/001.md

# General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# A song of ascents

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).)

# lift up my eyes

This expression means "look at" or "focus my attention on." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# From where will my help come?

The writer uses this question to focus attention on the source of his help. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "I will tell you from where my help comes." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`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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58 Psalm Superscriptions - Add notes The ones that were not simply "A psalm of David." 2020-12-17 16:54:31 +00:00
			`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			`# lift up my eyes`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This expression means "look at" or "focus my attention on." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# From where will my help come?`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The writer uses this question to focus attention on the source of his help. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "I will tell you from where my help comes." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00