# 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 song at the dedication of the temple

"This song was sung when the temple was dedicated"

# you have raised me up

The writer speaks of God rescuing him and keeping him from dying as if God had drawn him up from a deep well. Alternate translation: "you rescued me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])