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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, on stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph, a song
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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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# on stringed instruments
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"people should play stringed instruments with this song."
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# A psalm of Asaph
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"This is a psalm that Asaph wrote" See how this is translated in [Psalms 53:1](../053/001.md).
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# made himself known in Judah
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"caused the people of Judah to know who he is" or "made himself famous in Judah"
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# his name is great in Israel
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The words "his name" are a metonym for his reputation. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel consider him good and powerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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