OET interlinear PSA 37:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִשְׁפָּ֗ט

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when YHWH loves justice and=not abandon DOM his_faithful_of,[people] forever,perpetuity kept_safe and_[the],offspring_of wicked cut_off )

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

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

אֶת־חֲ֭סִידָי⁠ו

DOM his_faithful_of,[people]

David is using the adjective faithful 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: [his faithful people]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִשְׁמָ֑רוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when YHWH loves justice and=not abandon DOM his_faithful_of,[people] forever,perpetuity kept_safe and_[the],offspring_of wicked cut_off )

The expression are preserved is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is Yahweh. Alternate translation: [Yahweh preserves them]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠זֶ֖רַע רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽת

and_[the],offspring_of (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when YHWH loves justice and=not abandon DOM his_faithful_of,[people] forever,perpetuity kept_safe and_[the],offspring_of wicked cut_off )

The expression will be cut off is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is Yahweh. Alternate translation: [but Yahweh will cut off the offspring of the wicked]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠זֶ֖רַע רְשָׁעִ֣ים

and_[the],offspring_of (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when YHWH loves justice and=not abandon DOM his_faithful_of,[people] forever,perpetuity kept_safe and_[the],offspring_of wicked cut_off )

David is using the possessive form to describe offspring that belong to the wicked. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [but the children of wicked people]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

רְשָׁעִ֣ים

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when YHWH loves justice and=not abandon DOM his_faithful_of,[people] forever,perpetuity kept_safe and_[the],offspring_of wicked cut_off )

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 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

נִכְרָֽת

cut_off

David is using be cut off as a common expression of the culture to mean “be destroyed.” 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: [will be destroyed]