3. 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;"

## set to Al Tashheth ##

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 57:1](../057/001.md).

## A psalm of Asaph, a song ##

“This is a psalm that Asaph wrote.”

## all the inhabitants ##

"all the people who live on it"

## make steady the earth's pillars ##

"keep the earth from being destroyed" or AT: "keep my people safe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## Selah ##

See how you translated this in [Psalms 3:1](../003/001.md).