en_tn_condensed/psa/055/001.md

# 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; on stringed instruments. A maschil 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"

# on stringed instruments

"people should play stringed instruments with this song"

# A maschil

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md)

# Give ear to my prayer

Giving one's ear represents listening. Alternate translation: "Listen to my prayer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# do not hide yourself from my plea

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/jit/figs-metaphor]])