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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 David
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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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# Answer me when I call
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"Respond to me when I call" or "Help me when I call"
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# God of my righteousness
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"God, who shows that I am righteous"
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# give me room when I am hemmed in
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Being in danger is spoken of as being in a narrow space. Alternate translation: "rescue me when I am in danger" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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