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870 B
870 B
This psalm is a prayer for help. 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 Shoshannim
This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in Psalms 45:1.
A psalm of David
“This is a psalm that David wrote.”
for the waters have put my life in danger
AT: "for it feels like I'm drowning in the waters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
mire
thick mud
I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me
This phrase is another way of saying that he feels hopeless and his problems appear to drown him. AT: "It feels like I am in deep waters, and the floodwaters flow over me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)