OET interlinear PSA 44:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

כָּל־הַ֭⁠יּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִ֣⁠י נֶגְדִּ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_made_us byword among,nations shaking_of head among peoples )

See how you translated the phrase “all of the day” in [44:8](../044/008.md). Alternate translation: [My disgrace is continually before me]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

כְּלִמָּתִ֣⁠י נֶגְדִּ֑⁠י וּ⁠בֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣⁠י כִּסָּֽתְ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_made_us byword among,nations shaking_of head among peoples )

If you decided to use first-person plural pronouns in verses 4 and 6, you may wish to do that here as well. Alternate translation: [our disgrace is before us, and the shame of our faces covers us]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כְּלִמָּתִ֣⁠י נֶגְדִּ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_made_us byword among,nations shaking_of head among peoples )

The psalmist is speaking as if his disgrace were actually an object that was before or in front of him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am aware of my disgrace]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וּ⁠בֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣⁠י כִּסָּֽתְ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_made_us byword among,nations shaking_of head among peoples )

The psalmist is using one part of himself, his face, to mean all of him in the act of being ashamed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and my shame covers me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣⁠י כִּסָּֽתְ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_made_us byword among,nations shaking_of head among peoples )

The psalmist is speaking as if shame were physically covering him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and the shame of my face overwhelms me]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠בֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣⁠י כִּסָּֽתְ⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_made_us byword among,nations shaking_of head among peoples )

Hebrew culture associated shame with the face. If your culture does the same thing, you may wish to retain the figurative usage in your translation and express this in terms that the people of your culture would use. Alternate translation: [I have lost face, and shame overwhelms me]