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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)
A song of ascents
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.)
reversed the captivity of Zion
This is an idiom that means that Yahweh restored Zion's good life. Alternate translation: "made Zion prosperous again" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/idiom)
Zion
This is a metonym for the people who lived in Zion. Alternate translation: "the people of Zion" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)