OET interlinear PSA 55:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠בְאֵ֬ר שַׁ֗חַת

(Some words not found in UHB: throw on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in YHWH burden_of,your and=he he,will_sustain_you not he/it_gave forever,perpetuity moved to,righteous )

David is using the term grave to represent the decay and destruction of physical bodies that occurs in a grave. By characterizing this pit in that way, he is indicating that it is the chasm beneath the earth where his culture understood dead people to be. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [to the pit of destruction] or [to the pit where dead people go]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אַנְשֵׁ֤י דָמִ֣ים וּ֭⁠מִרְמָה

(Some words not found in UHB: throw on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in YHWH burden_of,your and=he he,will_sustain_you not he/it_gave forever,perpetuity moved to,righteous )

Here, blood represents violently shedding blood. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Men of bloodshed and treachery] or [Murderous, treacherous men]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־יֶחֱצ֣וּ יְמֵי⁠הֶ֑ם

not (Some words not found in UHB: throw on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in YHWH burden_of,your and=he he,will_sustain_you not he/it_gave forever,perpetuity moved to,righteous )

David is using will not halve their days as a common expression of his culture to mean “will not even live half as long as they otherwise would have.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [will not reach middle age] or [will not even live half as long as they otherwise would have]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ֝⁠אֲנִ֗י אֶבְטַח

(Some words not found in UHB: throw on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in YHWH burden_of,your and=he he,will_sustain_you not he/it_gave forever,perpetuity moved to,righteous )

David is stating the pronoun I separately, even though the verb translated as I will trust already includes this meaning. He is doing that in order to emphasize a contrast between what will happen to the wicked people he has just described and what he will do himself. Alternate translation: [But for my part, I will trust]