unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/020/001.md

# General Information:

This Psalm begins with a group of people speaking to the king of Israel.

# General Information:

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

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

# A psalm of David

Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or 3) the psalm is in the style of David's psalms.

# help you

The word "you" in this Psalm is singular and refers to the king.

# in the day of trouble

"in times of trouble" or "when you are in trouble"

# may the name of the God of Jacob protect you

Possible meanings are 1) here "name" is a metonym for God's power. AT: "may the power of the God of Jacob protect you" or "may the God of Jacob protect you by his power" or 2) here "name" is a metonym for God himself. AT: "may the God of Jacob protect you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# send help from the holy place

God helping from his holy place is spoken of as if God were sending help. AT: "may Yahweh help you from his holy place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# holy place ... Zion

Both of these refer to God's temple in Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/psalm]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trouble]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyplace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]