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# General Information:
This psalm is a song of praise. 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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# For the chief musician. A psalm. A song 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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# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
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# For you, God in Zion, our praise waits
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This speaks of praise as if it were a person who could act on its own. Alternate translation: "To you alone, God in Zion, we will offer our praise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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# our vows will be carried out to you
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "we will do what we have promised you that we would do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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