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."

## A psalm of David ##

"This is a psalm that David wrote."

## preserve ##

"save"

## from the commotion ##

AT: "hide me from the commotion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

## commotion ##

a confusion of noise and excitement