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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# A song of ascents
This is a superscription that tells about the psalm. Some scholars say that this is part of the scripture and some say that it is not. (See "What are Superscriptions in Psalms" in [Introduction to Psalms](../front/intro.md).)
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# I lift up my eyes
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Here the author refers to his eyes because that is the part of the body used for seeing. Alternate translation: "I look to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# enthroned
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sitting on a throne and ruling as king