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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
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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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# The heavens declare
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The heavens are described as if they were a person. Alternate translation: "The heavens show" or "The heavens look like they declare"
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# the skies make known the work of his hands
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The skies are described as if they were a teacher. Alternate translation: "people can learn from looking at the skies that God has created them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
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