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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship."
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# The heavens declare
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The heavens are described as if they were a person. Alternate translation: "The heavens show" or "The heavens look like they declare"
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# the skies make his handiwork known
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The skies are described as if they were a teacher. Alternate translation: "The skies seem to make God's handiwork known to us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# his handiwork
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"his creation" or "the world that he has made"
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