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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
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.
pretended to be insane
"acted like a crazy person"
before Abimelech
This refers to a specific historical event that the Hebrews knew well. AT: "when he was in Abimelech's house" or "when he was Abimelech's prisoner" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
drove him out
"forcefully sent him away"
his praise will always be in my mouth
Here "in my mouth" refers to David speaking about Yahweh. AT: "I will always praise him out loud" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)