en_tn_condensed/psa/036/001.md

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.)

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)