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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# General Information:
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This psalm is a prayer for help.
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# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
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# set to Shoshannim
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This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 45:1](../045/001.md).
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# A psalm of David
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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.
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# for the waters have put my life in danger
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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]])
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# I sink in deep mire
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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]])
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# mire
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thick mud
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# there is no place to stand
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The writer uses a negative statement to stress how unstable and uncertain his condition is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me
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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]]) |