OET interlinear PSA 123:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָֽׂבְעָה־לָּ֪⁠הּ נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥⁠נוּ הַ⁠לַּ֥עַג

(Some words not found in UHB: more_of had_~_enough (for,itself self_of,our the,mockery of_(the),self-confident_[people] the,contempt of,arrogant_people )

The psalmist is speaking of being treated with scorn as if it were food that fills a person. He means that they have experienced so much scorn that they cannot endure any more. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [we have been treated with too much scorn from]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

שָֽׂבְעָה־לָּ֪⁠הּ נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: more_of had_~_enough (for,itself self_of,our the,mockery of_(the),self-confident_[people] the,contempt of,arrogant_people )

The psalmist is using one part of a person, their soul, to mean all of them in the act of experiencing scorn and contempt. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [we are satiated with]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

שָֽׂבְעָה־לָּ֪⁠הּ

(Some words not found in UHB: more_of had_~_enough (for,itself self_of,our the,mockery of_(the),self-confident_[people] the,contempt of,arrogant_people )

The pronoun it refers to the scorn and contempt that the psalmist specifies later in the verse. The psalmist uses this pronoun before naming what it refers to. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [is satiated with these things]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הַ⁠לַּ֥עַג הַ⁠שַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים הַ֝⁠בּ֗וּז לִ⁠גְאֵ֥יוֹנִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: more_of had_~_enough (for,itself self_of,our the,mockery of_(the),self-confident_[people] the,contempt of,arrogant_people )

These two phrases the scorn of the arrogant and the contempt of the proud mean basically the same thing. See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of phrases in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [the great mockery of arrogant people]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

הַ⁠לַּ֥עַג

(Some words not found in UHB: more_of had_~_enough (for,itself self_of,our the,mockery of_(the),self-confident_[people] the,contempt of,arrogant_people )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of scorn, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [being mocked by]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

הַ⁠שַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: more_of had_~_enough (for,itself self_of,our the,mockery of_(the),self-confident_[people] the,contempt of,arrogant_people )

The psalmist is using the adjective arrogant as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [arrogant people]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

הַ֝⁠בּ֗וּז

the,contempt

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of contempt, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [being despised by]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

הַ֝⁠בּ֗וּז

the,contempt

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: [satiated with the contempt of]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

לִ⁠גְאֵ֥יוֹנִֽים

of,arrogant_people

The psalmist is using the adjective proud as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [proud people]