OET interlinear PSA 44:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָ⁠נוּ בִּ⁠מְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: not he_turned back heart_of,our and,it_had_turned_aside steps_of,our from path_of,your )

The author is using the phrase crushed to mean destroyed in battle. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “You have destroyed us as easily as someone crushes a fragile object”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בִּ⁠מְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: not he_turned back heart_of,our and,it_had_turned_aside steps_of,our from path_of,your )

The author is using the term place of jackals to mean a desert place where wild animals such as jackals live. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in a desert place where jackals live”

בְ⁠צַלְמָֽוֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: not he_turned back heart_of,our and,it_had_turned_aside steps_of,our from path_of,your )

Here, the phrase extreme darkness could mean (1) a place that is very dark and has no light, or (2) the place where people go after they die which has no light.