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OET (OET-LV) As_the_when not will_you_look_away from_me not let_alone_me until swallow_I spittle_my.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי
as,the_when? not look_away from,me not let_~_alone,me until swallow,I spittle,my
Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “I wish you would look away from me soon! I wish you would slacken until I swallow my saliva”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי
not let_~_alone,me until swallow,I spittle,my
The word until has a specific meaning here. Job is not asking God, “Will you only slacken when I swallow my saliva?” He is asking, “Will you please slacken long enough for me to swallow my saliva?” You could say that as an alternate translation if it would be helpful to your readers.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי
until swallow,I spittle,my
Job is using the expression until I swallow my saliva to mean a short time, by association with the way it only takes a short time to swallow once. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “for just a short time”
7:19 Won’t you leave me alone (literally How long will you not look away from me): Job sought the opposite of the watchful care that faithful people usually seek (Num 6:25; Pss 27:9; 69:17; 80:3, 7, 19; Lam 1:9).
• to swallow: This is equivalent to “a chance to catch my breath.”
OET (OET-LV) As_the_when not will_you_look_away from_me not let_alone_me until swallow_I spittle_my.
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.