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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism) 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.
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. Alternate translation: "for it feels like I am drowning in the waters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)