See in Reader
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General Information:
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; set to Shoshannim. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil. A song of loves.
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.)
For the chief musician
"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
set to Shoshannim
This may refer to a style or the tune of the music. Sometimes it is translated as "set to the tune of 'Lilies.'"
A psalm of the sons of Korah
"This is a psalm that the sons of Korah wrote."
A maschil
This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in Psalms 32:1.
My heart overflows on a good subject
The writer speaks of his heart as if it were a container that overflows with liquid. The word "heart" represents his emotions, which are excited by the song that he sings. Alternate translation: "My emotions are excited about a good subject" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)
a good subject
"a noble theme" or "a beautiful word." This refers to the song that he has written.
composed
to have written or created a song
my tongue is the pen of a ready writer
The writer speaks of his tongue as if it were a pen. He speaks words as skillfully as an experienced writer writes words. Alternate translation: "my tongue is like the pen of person who writes well" or "I speak words as skillfully as an experienced writer can write words" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)