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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]])
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# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship,"
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# Jeduthun
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One of David's chief musicians had this same name. This may refer to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# I will watch what I say
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Here "watch" is an idiom that mean "pay attention to." Alternate translation: "I will pay attention to the things that I say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# so that I do not sin with my tongue
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Here "tongue" refers to the writer's speech. Alternate translation: "so that I do not speak an offense against Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# muzzle
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To "muzzle" means to keep a mouth shut. Here David means that he will not speak while he is with an evil person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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