This psalm is a song of praise.
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. A song of David ##

"This is a psalm that David wrote."

## For you, God in Zion, our praise waits; ##

This may be translated: "To you, God in Zion, is silence and praise".

## our praise waits ##

AT: "we wait to praise you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## our vows will be carried out ##

AT: "we will bring our vows" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## Iniquities prevail over us ##

David speaks about iniquity as if it were a person that is able to defeat or oppress. AT: "It is like our iniquities prevail against us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## you will forgive them ##

The word "them" refers to our "iniquities".