OET interlinear PSA 126:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אָ֤ז יִמָּלֵ֪א שְׂח֡וֹק פִּי⁠נוּ֮ וּ⁠לְשׁוֹנֵ֪⁠נוּ רִ֫נָּ֥ה

then (Some words not found in UHB: then filled_with laughter mouth_of,our and,tongue_of,our shouts_of_joy then said among,nations great YHWH for=doing with these )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way, as in the UST. Another approach would be to connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. See how you as a team have decided to translate the parallel phrases in the Psalms, and follow that approach here and throughout this psalm. Alternate translation: [Then our mouth was filled with laughter, indeed, our tongue with a shout of joy]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

יִמָּלֵ֪א שְׂח֡וֹק פִּי⁠נוּ֮

(Some words not found in UHB: then filled_with laughter mouth_of,our and,tongue_of,our shouts_of_joy then said among,nations great YHWH for=doing with these )

The psalmist is using one part of a person, their mouth, to mean all of them in the act of laughing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [we were filled with laughter]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יִמָּלֵ֪א

(Some words not found in UHB: then filled_with laughter mouth_of,our and,tongue_of,our shouts_of_joy then said among,nations great YHWH for=doing with these )

The expression was filled is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [overflowed with]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ⁠לְשׁוֹנֵ֪⁠נוּ רִ֫נָּ֥ה

and,tongue_of,our (Some words not found in UHB: then filled_with laughter mouth_of,our and,tongue_of,our shouts_of_joy then said among,nations great YHWH for=doing with these )

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: [and our tongue was filled with a shout of joy]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וּ⁠לְשׁוֹנֵ֪⁠נוּ

and,tongue_of,our

The psalmist is using one part of a person, their tongue, to mean all of them in the act of shouting. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [we were filled]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רִ֫נָּ֥ה

(Some words not found in UHB: then filled_with laughter mouth_of,our and,tongue_of,our shouts_of_joy then said among,nations great YHWH for=doing with these )

If your language does not use abstract noun for the idea of joy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [with joyful shouting]

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

יֹאמְר֣וּ בַ⁠גּוֹיִ֑ם

said among,nations

The pronoun they refers to the people of other nations. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the people of other nations said among themselves]

Note 8 topic: writing-quotations

יֹאמְר֣וּ בַ⁠גּוֹיִ֑ם

said among,nations

The words they said among the nations introduce a direct quotation. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [the people of other nations said]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הִגְדִּ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה לַ⁠עֲשׂ֥וֹת עִם־אֵֽלֶּה

(Some words not found in UHB: then filled_with laughter mouth_of,our and,tongue_of,our shouts_of_joy then said among,nations great YHWH for=doing with these )

The psalmist is using has made great to do as a common expression of the culture to mean “has done great things.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh has done great things for his people]