OET interlinear PSA 139:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אָרְחִ֣⁠י וְ⁠רִבְעִ֣⁠י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽ⁠כָל־דְּרָכַ֥⁠י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה

traveling,my and,my_lying,down search_out and=all (Some words not found in UHB: traveling,my and,my_lying,down search_out and=all ways_of,my acquainted )

These two phrases My path and my lying down you have winnowed and you are familiar with all of my ways 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: [You have carefully examined everything I do; in fact, you know all of my activities intimately]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָרְחִ֣⁠י וְ⁠רִבְעִ֣⁠י זֵרִ֑יתָ

traveling,my and,my_lying,down search_out

Here David is speaking of God examining his life in detail as if God had winnowed grain to separate what is valuable from what is not. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [My path and my lying down you have carefully examined]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אָרְחִ֣⁠י וְ⁠רִבְעִ֣⁠י

traveling,my and,my_lying,down

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of path and lying down, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [where I go and where I lie down]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְֽ⁠כָל־דְּרָכַ֥⁠י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה

and=all (Some words not found in UHB: traveling,my and,my_lying,down search_out and=all ways_of,my acquainted )

David is speaking of how he lives as if that were a way or path that he was walking along. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and you are familiar with all of the things I do]