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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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# For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah
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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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# For the chief musician
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"This is for the director of music to use in worship."
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# you have shown favor to your land
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Here "land" represents the nation and people of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# well-being
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This refers to a person being happy, healthy and prosperous.
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# of Jacob
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Here "Jacob" represents Jacob's descendents, the Israelites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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