OET interlinear PSA 56:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֤י

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

Here the word For does not introduce the reason why David is going to make a thank-offering to God. It introduces an explanation of why David is going to be able to do that. Use a connecting word or phrase in your language that will make this clear. Alternate translation: [I will be able to do this because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

הִצַּ֪לְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֡⁠י מִ⁠מָּוֶת֮

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

It might seem that this expression contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you can shorten it. Alternate translation: [you deliver me from death] or [you rescue my life]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹ֥א רַגְלַ֗⁠י מִ֫⁠דֶּ֥חִי לְ֭⁠הִֽתְהַלֵּךְ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים בְּ֝⁠א֗וֹר הַֽ⁠חַיִּֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

David is using the question form to make a confident assertion. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [My feet are from stumbling, so I may walk about to the face of God in the light of the living!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

הֲ⁠לֹ֥א רַגְלַ֗⁠י מִ֫⁠דֶּ֥חִי

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Are not my feet kept from stumbling] or, as an assertion, [You keep my feet from stumbling]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֲ⁠לֹ֥א רַגְלַ֗⁠י מִ֫⁠דֶּ֥חִי

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

David is speaking as if God actually kept his feet from stumbling. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Do you not keep me safe] or, as an assertion, [You keep me safe]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ֭⁠הִֽתְהַלֵּךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

David is using the image of walking to represent living. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [that I may live]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

Here, to the face of represents being in the presence of a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in the presence of]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ֝⁠א֗וֹר הַֽ⁠חַיִּֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

Here, light represents the earth, which people of this culture considered to be a light place, by contrast with Sheol, the realm of the dead, which was a dark place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in the world of the living] or [on this earth, where people are alive]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

הַֽ⁠חַיִּֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: [are]_on,me ʼElohīm vows_of,your render thank_offerings to/for=you(fs) )

David is using the adjective living as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [living people]