OET interlinear PSA 44:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶ⁠עָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑⁠נוּ דָּבְקָ֖ה לָ⁠אָ֣רֶץ בִּטְנֵֽ⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Translate them according to the decisions your team has made regarding translating parallelism in Hebrew poetry. See the [book introduction](../front/intro.md) for more information. Alternate translation: “For our life has sunk to the dust, likewise our belly has clung to the earth” or “For we have laid down in the dirt”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶ⁠עָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑⁠נוּ דָּבְקָ֖ה לָ⁠אָ֣רֶץ בִּטְנֵֽ⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

The author is using the phrase For our soul has sunk down into the dust, our belly has clung to the earth to mean that they are feeling hopeless because of how people are afflicting them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “For we are hopeless, as though our life has sunk into the dust, as though our belly has clung to the earth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֶ⁠עָפָ֣ר

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

The author is using the term dust to mean the ground. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to the ground”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשֵׁ֑⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

The author is using the term life to mean themselves. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “we”