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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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# 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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# Yahweh, how many are my enemies!
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This exclamation shows that David is afraid of his enemies. Alternate translation: "Oh Yahweh, I have so many enemies!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclamations]])
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# have risen against me
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Fighting against someone is spoken of as rising against him. Alternate translation: "come against me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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