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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# For the chief musician. A psalm of David the servant of Yahweh
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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).)
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# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship."
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# An evil man
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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]])
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# from deep in his heart
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Here "heart" refers to the inner being of a person. Alternate translation: "from his inner being" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# in his eyes
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Here "eyes" refers to the wicked person. Alternate translation: "in him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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