39 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
39 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
# General Information:
|
|
|
|
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
|
|
|
|
# General Information:
|
|
|
|
This psalm is a prayer for help.
|
|
|
|
# For the chief musician
|
|
|
|
"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
|
|
|
|
# set to Shoshannim
|
|
|
|
This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 45:1](../045/001.md).
|
|
|
|
# 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.
|
|
|
|
# for the waters have put my life in danger
|
|
|
|
The writer describes the troubles in his life as if he were drowning in a flood of water. AT: "for it feels like I am drowning in the waters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
|
|
|
|
# I sink in deep mire
|
|
|
|
The writer describes the troubles in his life as if he were sinking in deep mud. AT: "For it feels like I am sinking in deep mud and will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
|
|
|
|
# mire
|
|
|
|
thick mud
|
|
|
|
# there is no place to stand
|
|
|
|
The writer uses a negative statement to stress how unstable and uncertain his condition is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
|
|
|
|
# I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me
|
|
|
|
The writer describes his problems as if he was drowning in a deep, raging river. AT: "t feels like I am in deep waters, and the floodwaters flow over me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) |