en_tn_condensed/psa/068/001.md

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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, a song

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.)

For the chief musician

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

A psalm of David

Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or 3) the psalm is in the style of David's psalms.

Let God arise

God beginning to act is spoke of as if he stands up. Alternate translation: "Let God begin to act" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

let his enemies be scattered

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "let God chase away his enemies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)