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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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This psalm is a song about wicked people.
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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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# set to Al Tashheth
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This probably tells what musical style or tune to use when singing the psalm. See how you translated this in [Psalms 57:1](../057/001.md).
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# A psalm of David
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Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or 3) the psalm is in the style of David's psalms.
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# Do you rulers speak righteousness?
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The author uses this question to rebuke the rulers because they do not speak righteously. Alternate translation: "You rulers do not say what is right!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Do you judge uprightly, you people?
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The author uses this question to rebuke the judges who do not judge uprightly. Alternate translation: "You people never judge people uprightly!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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