# 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"

# 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 the sons of Korah

"This is a psalm that the sons of Korah wrote"

# How lovely

"How beautiful"

# I long for the courts of Yahweh

"I really want to be in the courts of Yahweh"

# the courts of Yahweh

Here "courts" represent the temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# my desire for it has made me exhausted

"my desire has exhausted me" or "I am tired because I want it so much"

# My heart and all of my being call out

Here "heart" represents the whole person. AT: "I call out with all of my being" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# the living God

This means God is living and he also has the power to cause other things to live.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/psalm]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/korah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahwehofhosts]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/courtyard]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]