unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/055/001.md

# 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"

# on stringed instruments

"people should play stringed instruments with this song"

# A maschil

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

# Give ear to my prayer

Giving one's ear represents listening. AT: "Listen to my prayer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# do not hide yourself from my plea

Refusing to pay attention to his plea is spoken of as hiding himself from it. AT: "do not ignore my plea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# because of the voice of my enemies

Here "voice" represents what they say. AT: "because of what my enemies say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# they bring trouble on me

Causing trouble is spoken of as bringing trouble. AT: "they cause me to have great troubles" or "they do wicked things to me and so I suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/plead]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rest]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trouble]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oppress]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/persecute]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]]