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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)
A 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
Jerusalem, our feet are standing within your gates!
The writer briefly stops speaking to his audience and speaks directly to the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is spoken to as if it was a person who could hear the writer. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
our feet are standing
Here "feet" refers to the whole person. AT: "we are standing" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
within your gates
Here "gates" refers to the city. AT: "inside you, Jerusalem" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)