uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David to,you YHWH call my_rock_of,O not deaf from,me lest silent from,me and,I_will_be_equal with go_down_of pit )

General Information:

Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

I cry out

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David to,you YHWH call my_rock_of,O not deaf from,me lest silent from,me and,I_will_be_equal with go_down_of pit )

Alternate translation: “I call out loudly”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

my rock

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David to,you YHWH call my_rock_of,O not deaf from,me lest silent from,me and,I_will_be_equal with go_down_of pit )

This is a metaphor for strength. Alternate translation: “my strength”

do not ignore me

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David to,you YHWH call my_rock_of,O not deaf from,me lest silent from,me and,I_will_be_equal with go_down_of pit )

Alternate translation: “do not be silent to me” or “do not leave me alone”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

I will join those who go down to the grave

(Some words not found in UHB: of,David to,you YHWH call my_rock_of,O not deaf from,me lest silent from,me and,I_will_be_equal with go_down_of pit )

People who die are spoken of as if they are going down into the grave. Alternate translation: “I will die like those who are in the grave”