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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
A psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son
This is a superscription that tells about the psalm. Some scholars say that this is part of the scripture and some say that it is not. (See "What are Superscriptions in Psalms" in Introduction to Psalms.)
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.
Yahweh, how many are my enemies!
This exclamation shows that David is afraid of his enemies. Alternate translation: "Oh Yahweh, I have so many enemies!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclamations)
have risen against me
Fighting against someone is spoken of as rising against him. Alternate translation: "come against me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)