en_tn/psa/123/001.md

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.)

I lift up my eyes

Here the author refers to his eyes because that is the part of the body used for seeing. Alternate translation: "I look to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)

enthroned

sitting on a throne and ruling as king