OET interlinear PSA 107:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי

earth/land (Some words not found in UHB: earth/land fruit(sg) into,saltiness from,the_evil_of inhabitants_of in,it )

The psalmist is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [he turns fruitful ground]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי

earth/land (Some words not found in UHB: earth/land fruit(sg) into,saltiness from,the_evil_of inhabitants_of in,it )

Here the psalmist is speaking of land as if it were fruitful ground. He means land that produces abundant crops. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [productive ground]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠מְלֵחָ֑ה

into,saltiness

Here, salt land represents land that cannot produce crops. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [into land that cannot produce crops]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵ֝⁠רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽ⁠הּ

from,the_evil_of (Some words not found in UHB: earth/land fruit(sg) into,saltiness from,the_evil_of inhabitants_of in,it )

The implication is that God turns fruitful land into salt land because the people living there are wicked. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [because of the wickedness of the dwellers in it]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מֵ֝⁠רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽ⁠הּ

from,the_evil_of (Some words not found in UHB: earth/land fruit(sg) into,saltiness from,the_evil_of inhabitants_of in,it )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wickedness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [because the dwellers in it are so wicked]

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

מֵ֝⁠רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽ⁠הּ

from,the_evil_of (Some words not found in UHB: earth/land fruit(sg) into,saltiness from,the_evil_of inhabitants_of in,it )

The pronoun it refers to the fruitful ground that God turns into salt land. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [because of the wickedness of the people who dwell in that land]