OET interlinear PSA 118:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

דַּחֹ֣ה דְחִיתַ֣⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: to_push_back you,pushed_me to,fall and,Yahweh he,helped_me )

The psalmist is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of saying this. Alternate translation: [You pushed me down hard]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

לִ⁠נְפֹּ֑ל

(Some words not found in UHB: to_push_back you,pushed_me to,fall and,Yahweh he,helped_me )

Here, to fall marks this clause as the goal or purpose of To push down, you pushed me down. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that this is the purpose. Alternate translation: [so that I would fall]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דַּחֹ֣ה דְחִיתַ֣⁠נִי לִ⁠נְפֹּ֑ל

(Some words not found in UHB: to_push_back you,pushed_me to,fall and,Yahweh he,helped_me )

Here the psalmist is speaking of his enemies’ attack as if the enemies were able to push him down physically to make him fall. If this image communicates well in your language, please use it. If not, you could express this as a comparison. Alternate translation: [You attacked me violently in order to defeat me]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

דַּחֹ֣ה דְחִיתַ֣⁠נִי לִ⁠נְפֹּ֑ל

(Some words not found in UHB: to_push_back you,pushed_me to,fall and,Yahweh he,helped_me )

The psalmist is speaking to his enemies that he knows cannot hear him. He is doing this to communicate to the people listening to him that he feels very strongly about how violently they attacked him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate these words as if he were speaking directly to the people about his enemies. Alternate translation: [My enemies attacked me violently in order to defeat me]