See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]

## A psalm of Asaph ##

“This is a psalm that Asaph wrote.”

## They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies, \q the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth ##

These two phrases share similar meanings and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])