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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# A song of ascents
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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).)
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# reversed the captivity of Zion
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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]])
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# Zion
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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]]) |