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# General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
# For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of David
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).)
# For the chief musician
"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
# set to the Gittith style
This may refer to a style of music.
# how magnificent is your name in all the earth
God's "name" represents his whole being. Alternate translation: "people all over the world know that you are very great" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])