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See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]
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## For the chief musician; ##
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship;"
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## set to Shoshanim ##
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This may refer to a style or the tune of the music. Sometimes it is translated as "set to the tune of 'Lilies.'"
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## A psalm of the sons of Korah ##
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"This is a psalm that the sons of Korah wrote."
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## A maschil ##
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This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).
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## A song of loves ##
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"A love song"
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## overflows ##
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"is overwhelmed" or "is excited"
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## a good subject ##
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"a noble theme" or "a good word"
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## composed ##
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to have written or created a song
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## my tongue is the pen of a ready writer ##
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The author's tongue is compared to a pen. The author refers to himself by his tongue, because that is the part of his boy he speaks with. AT: "My tongue is like the pen of person who writes well" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## You are fairer than the children of men ##
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This phrase exaggerates how the king looks, saying that he is better looking than all the children born of men. AT: "you are better looking than most other children born of men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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## grace is poured onto your lips ##
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The lips of the king refers to his ability to speak. Poured grace expresses that God has greatly blessed the king's ability to speak. AT: "you speak gracefully" or "you speak beautifully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |