1.8 KiB
General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
For the chief musician
"This is for the director of music to use in worship."
A psalm of David
Possible meanings are 1) David wrote the psalm or 2) the psalm is about David or 3) the psalm is in the style of David's psalms.
The heavens declare
The heavens are described as if they were a person. AT: "The heavens show" or "The heavens look like they declare"
the skies make his handiwork known
The skies are described as if they were a teacher. AT: "The skies seem to make God's handiwork known to us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
his handiwork
"his creation" or "the world that he has made"
speech pours out
What is beautiful about creation is compared to speaking, as if creation were a person. Then those words are compared to water that flows everywhere. AT: "creation is like a person speaking to everyone" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
There is no speech or spoken words; their voice is not heard
These phrases express clearly that the first two verses were a metaphor. AT: "There is no real speech or spoken words; no one hears an actual voice with their ears"
their voice is not heard
Other translations read "where their voice is not heard," emphasizing that creation's "speech" is available everywhere.