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OET (OET-LV) For_the_director al- tashcheth of_Dāvid a_miktam in/on/at/with_sent Shāʼūl and_watched DOM the_house in_order_to_kill_him.
OET (OET-RV) For the musical director: a song[fn] by David written when King Shaul (Saul) had sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune of ‘Don’t destroy’.
⇔ Rescue me from my enemies, my God.
⇔ ≈Protect me from those who want to attack me.
59:0 In Hebrew, ‘miktam’ is perhaps the name of this class of song.
Note 1 topic: writing-poetry
General Information:
(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director not destroy of,David miktam in/on/at/with,sent Shāʼūl and,watched DOM the,house in_order_to,kill,him )
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)
For the chief musician
(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director not destroy of,David miktam in/on/at/with,sent Shāʼūl and,watched DOM the,house in_order_to,kill,him )
Alternate translation: “This is for the director of music to use in worship”
set to Al Tashheth
(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director not destroy of,David miktam in/on/at/with,sent Shāʼūl and,watched DOM the,house in_order_to,kill,him )
This probably tells what musical style or tune to use when singing the psalm. See how you translated this in [Psalms 57:1](../057/001.md).
A psalm of David
(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director not destroy of,David miktam in/on/at/with,sent Shāʼūl and,watched DOM the,house in_order_to,kill,him )
This could mean: (1) David wrote the psalm or (2) the psalm is about David or (3) the psalm is in the style of David’s psalms.
A michtam
(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director not destroy of,David miktam in/on/at/with,sent Shāʼūl and,watched DOM the,house in_order_to,kill,him )
The meaning of the word “michtam” is uncertain. You may use the word “psalm” instead. This can be written as: “This is a psalm that David wrote.” See how you translated this in [Psalms 16:1](../016/001.md).
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
set me on high
(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director not destroy of,David miktam in/on/at/with,sent Shāʼūl and,watched DOM the,house in_order_to,kill,him )
A high place represents a safe place where his enemies cannot reach him. Alternate translation: “put me in a safe place”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
rise up against me
(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director not destroy of,David miktam in/on/at/with,sent Shāʼūl and,watched DOM the,house in_order_to,kill,him )
Rising up against someone represents attacking him. Alternate translation: “attack me”
59:title the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David’s house: See 1 Sam 19:11-18.
OET (OET-LV) For_the_director al- tashcheth of_Dāvid a_miktam in/on/at/with_sent Shāʼūl and_watched DOM the_house in_order_to_kill_him.
OET (OET-RV) For the musical director: a song[fn] by David written when King Shaul (Saul) had sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune of ‘Don’t destroy’.
⇔ Rescue me from my enemies, my God.
⇔ ≈Protect me from those who want to attack me.
59:0 In Hebrew, ‘miktam’ is perhaps the name of this class of song.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.