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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 psalm of praise. Of David

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).)

# extol you

"tell people how wonderful you are"

# bless your name

The word "name" is a metonym for Yahweh himself. See how "may his glorious name be blessed" is translated in [Psalms 72:19](../072/019.md). Alternate translation: "bless you" or "do what makes you happy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`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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58 Psalm Superscriptions - Add notes The ones that were not simply "A psalm of David." 2020-12-17 16:54:31 +00:00			`# A psalm of praise. Of David`

			`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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			`"tell people how wonderful you are"`

			`# bless your name`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The word "name" is a metonym for Yahweh himself. See how "may his glorious name be blessed" is translated in [Psalms 72:19](../072/019.md). Alternate translation: "bless you" or "do what makes you happy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
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