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# General Information:
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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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# For the chief musician. A maschil of the sons of Korah
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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).)
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# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship."
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# A maschil
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This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).
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# As the deer pants after streams of water, so I thirst for you, God
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The author compares his desire for God to the desire of a thirsty deer for water.
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# pants
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heavy breathing from an animal or person that is very tired or thirsty
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# I thirst for you, God
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The author speaks of his strong desire for God as if it were a strong thirst for water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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