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30 lines
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This psalm is a song of praise.
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See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]
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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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## A psalm. A song of David ##
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"This is a psalm that David wrote."
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## For you, God in Zion, our praise waits; ##
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This may be translated: "To you, God in Zion, is silence and praise".
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## our praise waits ##
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AT: "we wait to praise you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## our vows will be carried out ##
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AT: "we will bring our vows" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## Iniquities prevail over us ##
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David speaks about iniquity as if it were a person that is able to defeat or oppress. AT: "It is like our iniquities prevail against us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## you will forgive them ##
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The word "them" refers to our "iniquities".
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