en_tn_lite_do_not_use/psa/065/001.md

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General Information:

This psalm is a song of praise. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

For the chief musician. A psalm. A song of David

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.)

For the chief musician

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

For you, God in Zion, our praise waits

This speaks of praise as if it were a person who could act on its own. Alternate translation: "To you alone, God in Zion, we will offer our praise" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)

our vows will be carried out to you

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "we will do what we have promised you that we would do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)