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David's song to Yahweh starts. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul
This is a progression from enemies in general to one specific enemy of David, King Saul.
out of the hand of
This metonym means "out of the power of." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Yahweh is my rock, my fortress
This metaphor shows a progression from a part, "rock," to the whole, "fortress." A fortress is built of many large rocks. This means Yahweh has the strength to protect his people from harm. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)