en_tn/psa/069/001.md

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This psalm is a prayer for help. 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;"

set to Shoshannim

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in Psalms 45:1.

A psalm of David

“This is a psalm that David wrote.”

for the waters have put my life in danger

AT: "for it feels like I'm drowning in the waters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

mire

thick mud

I have come into deep waters, where the floods flow over me

This phrase is another way of saying that he feels hopeless and his problems appear to drown him. AT: "It feels like I am in deep waters, and the floodwaters flow over me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)