OET interlinear PSA 147:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

קַֽרְח֣⁠וֹ כְ⁠פִתִּ֑ים

ice_of,his (Some words not found in UHB: hurls_down ice_of,his like,crumbs to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before coldness_of,his who? stand )

The psalmist compares hail to crumbs to emphasize that the hailstones are small pieces. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the point of comparison explicit. Alternate translation: [his hailstones like small crumbs]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י קָ֝רָת֗⁠וֹ מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before coldness_of,his who? stand

The psalmist uses a rhetorical question to emphasize that no one can endure God’s cold. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [no one can stand in such cold!] or [no one can endure when he makes it so cold.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י קָ֝רָת֗⁠וֹ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before coldness_of,his

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of cold, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in his freezing weather] or [when he makes it freeze]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י קָ֝רָת֗⁠וֹ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before coldness_of,his

Here, the face of represents the presence or force of something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when he sends his cold] or [outside in his freezing cold]