en_tn/psa/120/001.md

General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

A song of ascents

Possible meanings are 1) "A song people sang while going up to Jerusalem for a celebration" or 2) "A song people sang while going up the steps into the temple" or 3) "A song whose words are like steps."

In my distress

"In my trouble" or "When I was in trouble"

Rescue my life

Here the word "life" represents the person. AT: "Rescue me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues

Here the phrases "their lips" and "their tongues" represent the people who speak lies and deceit. AT: "those who lie to me and try to deceive me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)