unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/013/001.md

# General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (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."

# A psalm of David

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.

# How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me?

This question is asked to get the reader's attention and to add emphasis. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "Yahweh, it seems that you have forgotten about me!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# How long ... face from me?

The words "your face" represent God's whole being. This rhetorical question is asked to add emphasis. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "It seems like you are hiding from me!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# How long will my enemy triumph over me?

This rhetorical question is asked to add emphasis. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "Surely my enemies will not always defeat me!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/psalm]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/face]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]