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# General Information:
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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (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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# on stringed instruments
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"people should play stringed instruments with this song"
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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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# Give ear to my prayer
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Giving one's ear represents listening. Alternate translation: "Listen to my prayer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# do not hide yourself from my plea
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Refusing to pay attention to his plea is spoken of as hiding himself from it. Alternate translation: "do not ignore my plea" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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