OET interlinear PSA 116:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֤י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when rescued life_of,my from,death DOM eye_of,my from/more_than tears DOM foot_of,my from,stumbling )

Here the word For introduces not a reason but an explanation. You may want to use a different connecting word to show how this statement relates to what comes before it. Alternate translation: [After all,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗⁠י מִ֫⁠מָּ֥וֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when rescued life_of,my from,death DOM eye_of,my from/more_than tears DOM foot_of,my from,stumbling )

Here, my soul represents the psalmist himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [For you rescued me from death]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗⁠י מִ֫⁠מָּ֥וֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when rescued life_of,my from,death DOM eye_of,my from/more_than tears DOM foot_of,my from,stumbling )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of death, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [For you rescued my soul from dying]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אֶת־עֵינִ֥⁠י מִן־דִּמְעָ֑ה

DOM eye_of,my from/more_than DOM (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when rescued life_of,my from,death DOM eye_of,my from/more_than tears DOM foot_of,my from,stumbling )

The psalmist is using one part of a person, his eye, to mean all of him in the act of weeping. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [me from weeping]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אֶת־רַגְלִ֥⁠י מִ⁠דֶּֽחִי

DOM DOM foot_of,my (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when rescued life_of,my from,death DOM eye_of,my from/more_than tears DOM foot_of,my from,stumbling )

The psalmist is using one part of a person, his foot, to mean all of him in the act of stumbling or falling. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [me from stumbling]