OET interlinear PSA 150:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-transliterate

הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ

praise Yah

The words Hallelu Yah are Hebrew words, containing a plural command to praise Yahweh. You will need to decide if you will use these words in their Hebrew form or if you will instead translate the meaning into your language. Either approach has broad support. If you use the Hebrew words, you could spell them the way they sound in your language and then put the translation in a footnote. Alternate translation: [Praise Yah, all people]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

יָ֨הּ

Yah

Yah is a shortened form of the name “Yahweh,” the God of Israel. You could use the full name if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Yahweh]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הַֽלְלוּ־אֵ֥ל בְּ⁠קָדְשׁ֑⁠וֹ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ⁠הוּ בִּ⁠רְקִ֥יעַ עֻזּֽ⁠וֹ

praise god (Some words not found in UHB: praise Yah praise god in,sanctuary_of,his praise,him in_the=firmament his_strength_of,his )

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. 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: [Praise God in his sanctuary and in his mighty heavens]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בִּ⁠רְקִ֥יעַ עֻזּֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: praise Yah praise god in,sanctuary_of,his praise,him in_the=firmament his_strength_of,his )

The psalmist is using the possessive form to describe an expanse that is characterized by strength. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in his mighty expanse]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בִּ⁠רְקִ֥יעַ עֻזּֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: praise Yah praise god in,sanctuary_of,his praise,him in_the=firmament his_strength_of,his )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of strength, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in the expanse where he is mighty]