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,”

## to bring to remembrance ##

"this psalm was written to cause people to remember."

## confounded ##

"surprised and confused"

## those who ... ##

"the people who ..."

## seek after my soul ##

AT: "seek after my life" or "are trying to kill me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

## be ashamed and humiliated ##

AT: "may God put them to shame and bring disgrace upon them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## let them be turned back and brought to dishonor ##

AT: "may they  turn around and find shame for what they have done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## ​those who say, "Aha, aha" ##

This is an expression of mocking laughter. You may replace "Aha, aha" with whatever laughing sounds like in your language. AT: "those who mock and laugh at me"