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OET (OET-LV) [fn] it_is_thirsty soul_my for_god for_god living when will_I_go and_appear the_presence of_god.
42:3 Note: KJB: Ps.42.2
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם
(Some words not found in UHB: thirsts soul,my for,God for,God living_(creature) when(q) come and,appear face/surface_of ʼElohīm )
The author is using the phrase My tears are my food to mean that during this time of oppression, he has not eaten real food, but has only been crying in distress. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “My tears are like my only food”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה
(Some words not found in UHB: thirsts soul,my for,God for,God living_(creature) when(q) come and,appear face/surface_of ʼElohīm )
The author is referring to the entire day by naming its components. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “all day”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous
בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י & בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י
(Some words not found in UHB: thirsts soul,my for,God for,God living_(creature) when(q) come and,appear face/surface_of ʼElohīm )
The phrases translated when people are saying to me and when they are saying to me indicates that the event it introduces took place at the same time as the event that the story related just before it. Use a natural form in your language for introducing an event that happened at the same time as another event. Alternate translation: “because people are constantly saying to me … and are constantly saying to me”
3Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous
בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י & בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י
(Some words not found in UHB: thirsts soul,my for,God for,God living_(creature) when(q) come and,appear face/surface_of ʼElohīm )
The phrases translated when people are saying to me and when they are saying to me indicates that the event it introduces took place at the same time as the event that the story related just before it. Use a natural form in your language for introducing an event that happened at the same time as another event. Alternate translation: “because people are constantly saying to me … and are constantly saying to me”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: thirsts soul,my for,God for,God living_(creature) when(q) come and,appear face/surface_of ʼElohīm )
Enemies are using the question form to challenge the author. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Surely your God will not help you!”
42:3 Having tears for food speaks of great grief (80:5; 102:9; see 6:6; 56:8; 119:136; 126:5).
• The wicked try to hold God to their timetable and deny his power to intervene.
OET (OET-LV) [fn] it_is_thirsty soul_my for_god for_god living when will_I_go and_appear the_presence of_god.
42:3 Note: KJB: Ps.42.2
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.