## For the chief musician ##

"This is for the director of music to use in worship."

## A psalm of the sons of Korah ##

"This is a psalm that the sons of Korah wrote."

## A maschil ##

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

## did in their days, in the days of old ##

Both of these phrases use the word "days" to refer to the time period when the ancestors of the people of Israel were alive. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## drove out the nations ##

"caused the people from other nations to leave"

## planted our people ##

The word "planted" compares when Yahweh gave Israel to his people as their home to putting a plants roots in the soil so it can grow there. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])