# 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 maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite

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).)

# A maschil

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).

# Ethan

This is the name of the writer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# acts of covenant faithfulness

The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be stated as an adjective. Alternate translation: "faithful acts" or "loving acts" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])