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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)
song of ascents
Possible meanings are 1) "song people sang while going up to Jerusalem for a celebration" or 2) "song people sang while going up the steps into the temple" or 3) "song whose words are like steps." See how you translated this in Psalms 120:1
I lift up my eyes
Here the author refers to his eyes because that is the part of the body used for seeing. AT: "I look to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
enthroned
sitting on a throne and ruling as king
as the eyes of servants ... as the eyes of a maid ... so our eyes look
These three phrases have similar meanings. The third phrase, about the Israelites, is being compared to how the servants and maids look to their masters and mistresses for help. In each case "eyes" refers to the whole person. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
master's hand ... mistress's hand
Here "hand" refers to the provision for needs. AT: "master's provision ... mistress's provision" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
maid
servant girl
mistress
woman who has authority over servant girls
has mercy on us
The abstract noun "mercy" can be stated as an action. AT: "act mercifully toward us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)