uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director maskil of,David )

General Information:

In this psalm the word “you” refers to Doeg. When Saul wanted to kill David, Doeg told Saul where David was so that Saul could find him. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

For the chief musician

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director maskil of,David )

Alternate translation: “This is for the director of music to use in worship.”

A maschil

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director maskil of,David )

This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in Psalms 32:1.

Note 2 topic: translate-names

Doeg & Ahimelech

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director maskil of,David )

These are the names of men.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

Why are you proud of making trouble, you mighty man?

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director maskil of,David )

This question shows how angry David was at the one who made trouble. Alternate translation: “You should not be so proud of making trouble, you mighty man.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

you mighty man

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director maskil of,David )

David may have been using irony when he called Doeg this. Alternate translation: “you, who think you are so mighty”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

The covenant faithfulness of God comes every day

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director maskil of,David )

David speaks of God’s covenant faithfulness as if it were something that could come. David was probably referring to God’s promises to protect his people from wicked people. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word faithfulness, you could express the same idea with an adjective or an adverb. Alternate translation: “Every day, God is faithful to keep the promises of his covenant” or “Every day, God faithfully protects his people from wicked people like you” (See also: figs-explicit and figs-abstractnouns)