# 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. A psalm of David the servant of Yahweh

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."

# An evil man

This does not refer to a specific man, but to evil people in general. Alternate translation: "Evil people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])

# from deep in his heart

Here "heart" refers to the inner being of a person. Alternate translation: "from his inner being" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# in his eyes

Here "eyes" refers to the wicked person. Alternate translation: "in him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])