OET interlinear PSA 14:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ֥י יִתֵּ֣ן מִ⁠צִּיּוֹן֮ יְשׁוּעַ֪ת יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל

who? (Some words not found in UHB: who? he/it_gave [will,be]_from_Zion salvation_of Yisrael when,turns_back YHWH fortunes_of his_people_of,his rejoice Yaakob glad Yisrael )

The psalmist is using Who will give as a common expression of his culture to introduce a fervent wish. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [O that salvation for Israel would come from Zion!] or [I fervently wish that salvation for Israel would come from Zion!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ֥י יִתֵּ֣ן מִ⁠צִּיּוֹן֮ יְשׁוּעַ֪ת יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל

who? (Some words not found in UHB: who? he/it_gave [will,be]_from_Zion salvation_of Yisrael when,turns_back YHWH fortunes_of his_people_of,his rejoice Yaakob glad Yisrael )

The psalmist is using Mount Zion, the location of God’s sanctuary, to represent God himself in the act of providing salvation for Israel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [O that God would act from his sanctuary on Mount Zion to provide for the salvation of Israel!] or [I fervently wish that God would act from his sanctuary on Mount Zion to provide for the salvation of Israel!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ֥י יִתֵּ֣ן מִ⁠צִּיּוֹן֮ יְשׁוּעַ֪ת יִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל

who? (Some words not found in UHB: who? he/it_gave [will,be]_from_Zion salvation_of Yisrael when,turns_back YHWH fortunes_of his_people_of,his rejoice Yaakob glad Yisrael )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of salvation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [O that God would act from his sanctuary on Mount Zion to save Israel!] or [I fervently wish that God would act from his sanctuary on Mount Zion to save Israel!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠שׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה שְׁב֣וּת עַמּ֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: who? he/it_gave [will,be]_from_Zion salvation_of Yisrael when,turns_back YHWH fortunes_of his_people_of,his rejoice Yaakob glad Yisrael )

The word that the ULT translates as prosperity can also mean “captivity.” If that is the meaning, then this verse could have been added to the psalm later, after the Israelites were conquered and taken into captivity. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to follow the translation that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT. Alternate translation: [When God restores the captivity of his people] or [When God brings his people back from captivity]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יָגֵ֥ל יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב יִשְׂמַ֥ח יִשְׂרָֽאֵל

rejoice Yaakob (Some words not found in UHB: who? he/it_gave [will,be]_from_Zion salvation_of Yisrael when,turns_back YHWH fortunes_of his_people_of,his rejoice Yaakob glad Yisrael )

These two phrases, Jacob will be glad and Israel will rejoice, mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Jacob will be glad, yes, Israel will rejoice]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יָגֵ֥ל יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב יִשְׂמַ֥ח יִשְׂרָֽאֵל

rejoice Yaakob (Some words not found in UHB: who? he/it_gave [will,be]_from_Zion salvation_of Yisrael when,turns_back YHWH fortunes_of his_people_of,his rejoice Yaakob glad Yisrael )

The psalmist is using the two names of the ancestor of the Israelites, Jacob and Israel, to represent the Israelites themselves. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The descendants of Jacob will be glad; indeed, the Israelites will rejoice]