diff --git a/psa/051/001.md b/psa/051/001.md index 6b4694c635..e02d756aab 100644 --- a/psa/051/001.md +++ b/psa/051/001.md @@ -1,11 +1,3 @@ -# General Information: - -Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. In this psalm David asks God for forgiveness. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]]) - -# For the chief musician. A psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone into Bathsheba - -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).) - # For the chief musician "This is for the director of music to use in worship." @@ -16,11 +8,11 @@ Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or # when Nathan the prophet came to him -It can be stated clearly what Nathan did when he came to David, because this psalm is in response to that. Alternate translation: "when Nathan the prophet came to David and rebuked him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +"when Nathan the prophet came to David and rebuked him" # because of your covenant faithfulness -The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "because you are faithful to your covenant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) +"because you are faithful to your covenant" # for the sake of the multitude of your merciful actions @@ -28,5 +20,5 @@ The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be translated as an adjective. Alternate tr # blot out my transgressions -Forgiving sins is spoken of as either 1) blotting them out or 2) erasing a written record of the sins. Alternate translation: "forgive my sins like someone wiping something away" or "forget my sins like someone who erases a record of sins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"forgive my sins like someone wiping something away" or "forget my sins like someone who erases a record of sins"