# General Information:

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

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

# on stringed instruments

"people should play stringed instruments with this song."

# A psalm of Asaph

"This is a psalm that Asaph wrote" See how this is translated in [Psalms 53:1](../053/001.md).

# made himself known in Judah

"caused the people of Judah to know who he is" or "made himself famous in Judah"

# his name is great in Israel

The words "his name" are a metonym for his reputation. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel consider him good and powerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])