# 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, a song for the Sabbath day

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).)

# to sing praises to your name

The words "your name" are a metonym for "you." Alternate translation: "to sing praises to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])