en_tn/psa/102/001.md

General Information:

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

A prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and pours out his lament before Yahweh

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.)

the afflicted

This refers to a man who is afflicted. Alternate translation: "the afflicted man" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj)