OET interlinear PSA 102:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

הוּכָּֽה־כָ֭⁠עֵשֶׂב וַ⁠יִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when vanish in,smoke days_of,my and,bones_of,my like, furnace burn )

The psalmist is using one part of himself, his heart, to mean all of himself in the act of withering away. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am struck like grass and withered]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הוּכָּֽה־כָ֭⁠עֵשֶׂב וַ⁠יִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when vanish in,smoke days_of,my and,bones_of,my like, furnace burn )

The psalmist is speaking here as if his heart were actually grass that has been struck and withered. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. If not, you could state this as a comparison. Alternate translation: [I feel as though my heart has been struck like grass and withered]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

הוּכָּֽה־כָ֭⁠עֵשֶׂב וַ⁠יִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when vanish in,smoke days_of,my and,bones_of,my like, furnace burn )

Here the psalmist is making a comparison between his heart and grass to show how he feels. The point of this comparison is that just as grass becomes withered when it is struck down, so the psalmist’s heart has become weak and almost lifeless. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [My heart feels as dead as grass that has been struck down and dried out]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הוּכָּֽה־כָ֭⁠עֵשֶׂב וַ⁠יִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when vanish in,smoke days_of,my and,bones_of,my like, furnace burn )

The expression My heart is struck like grass and withered uses passive verbal forms. If your language would not use those forms, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [My heart feels as dead as grass that the sun has killed and dried]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when vanish in,smoke days_of,my and,bones_of,my like, furnace burn )

Here the word for introduces not a reason but an explanation. If the connection between this statement and the previous one is not clear, you may want to use a different connecting word to show how this statement relates to what comes before it. Alternate translation: [indeed,]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לַחְמִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when vanish in,smoke days_of,my and,bones_of,my like, furnace burn )

The psalmist is using one kind of food, bread, to mean food in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a meal]