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# General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
# For the chief musician
"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
# on stringed instruments
"people should play stringed instruments with this song"
# A maschil
This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md)
# Give ear to my prayer
Giving one's ear represents listening. Alternate translation: "Listen to my prayer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# do not hide yourself from my plea
Refusing to pay attention to his plea is spoken of as hiding himself from it. Alternate translation: "do not ignore my plea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])