OET interlinear PSA 38:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֵין־מְתֹ֣ם בִּ֭⁠בְשָׂרִ⁠י מִ⁠פְּנֵ֣י זַעְמֶ֑⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when arrows_of,your sunk (in),me and,it_has_come_down on,me hand_of,your )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of soundness and indignation, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [There is no healthy part in my flesh from the face of your anger]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בִּ֭⁠בְשָׂרִ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when arrows_of,your sunk (in),me and,it_has_come_down on,me hand_of,your )

David is using my flesh to represent his whole body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [my entire body]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֣י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when arrows_of,your sunk (in),me and,it_has_come_down on,me hand_of,your )

David is using from the face of as a common expression of the culture to mean “because of” or “on account of.” 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: [because of]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֵין־שָׁל֥וֹם בַּ֝⁠עֲצָמַ֗⁠י מִ⁠פְּנֵ֥י חַטָּאתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when arrows_of,your sunk (in),me and,it_has_come_down on,me hand_of,your )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of peace and sin, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [there is nothing healthy in my body because I have sinned]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בַּ֝⁠עֲצָמַ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when arrows_of,your sunk (in),me and,it_has_come_down on,me hand_of,your )

David is using my bones to represent his whole body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [my whole body]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when arrows_of,your sunk (in),me and,it_has_come_down on,me hand_of,your )

David is using from the face of as a common expression of the culture to mean “because of” or “on account of.” 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: [because of]