OET interlinear PSA 140:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע

(Some words not found in UHB: master my=master strong_of my_salvation_of,my covered (to),head_of,my in/on=day battle )

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please do not grant, Yahweh, the desires of the wicked]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע

(Some words not found in UHB: master my=master strong_of my_salvation_of,my covered (to),head_of,my in/on=day battle )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of desires, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what the wicked wish for]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

רָשָׁ֑ע

(Some words not found in UHB: master my=master strong_of my_salvation_of,my covered (to),head_of,my in/on=day battle )

David is using the adjective wicked 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: [those who are wicked]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

זְמָמ֥⁠וֹ אַל־תָּ֝פֵ֗ק

(Some words not found in UHB: master my=master strong_of my_salvation_of,my covered (to),head_of,my in/on=day battle )

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [please do not bring forth his plot]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

זְמָמ֥⁠וֹ אַל־תָּ֝פֵ֗ק

(Some words not found in UHB: master my=master strong_of my_salvation_of,my covered (to),head_of,my in/on=day battle )

David is using bring forth as a common expression of the culture to mean “grant success to.” 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: [grant success to his plot]

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

זְמָמ֥⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: master my=master strong_of my_salvation_of,my covered (to),head_of,my in/on=day battle )

The pronoun his is singular, even though David used the plural the wicked earlier in the verse. This is because he is thinking of the wicked as a group that acts with a single purpose. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [their plot]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יָר֥וּמוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: master my=master strong_of my_salvation_of,my covered (to),head_of,my in/on=day battle )

It is difficult to know how the word translated as they rise up fits with the rest of the verse. The interpretation of the ULT and UST is one way. Some scholars believe that the word belongs with the first line of the next verse in which case it would start a new sentence with something like: “Those who surround me raise their heads.” Here are some other possibilities. Alternate translation: [when they rise up] or [or they will rise up]