# General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

#For the chief musician; with wind instruments. A psalm 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).)

# For the chief musician

"This is for the director of music to use in worship"

# with wind instruments

"This song should be accompanied by people who play wind instruments."

# Give ear to my words

This is a call for help. Alternate translation: "Listen to me as I call to you for help" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# groanings

low sounds that people make with the voice when they are suffering