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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. 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"
# In you, Yahweh, I take refuge
Going to Yahweh for protection is spoken of as taking refuge in him. Alternate translation: "I go to you, Yahweh, for protection" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# never let me be humiliated
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "do not let others humiliate me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])