OET interlinear PSA 58:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּמ֣וֹ שַׁ֭בְּלוּל תֶּ֣מֶס

(Some words not found in UHB: vanish like waters runs_off (for,themselves aims arrows_of,his as_though blunted )

The point of this comparison is that just as a snail that melts dissolves and disappears as it moves along, so the psalmist desires that his enemies would perish and vanish. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [May they be like a snail that liquifies and disappears]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כְּמ֣וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: vanish like waters runs_off (for,themselves aims arrows_of,his as_though blunted )

The psalmist 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: [May they be destroyed like] or [May they perish like]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

נֵ֥פֶל אֵ֝֗שֶׁת

(Some words not found in UHB: vanish like waters runs_off (for,themselves aims arrows_of,his as_though blunted )

The point of this comparison is that just as the miscarriage of a woman never sees the light of day, so David’s enemies will never see the sun. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [May they be like a stillborn baby which never experiences life]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

נֵ֥פֶל

(Some words not found in UHB: vanish like waters runs_off (for,themselves aims arrows_of,his as_though blunted )

The psalmist is referring to a stillborn child in a polite way by using the term miscarriage. Depending on what is helpful for your readers, you could use a polite way of referring to this in your language, or you could state this plainly. Alternate translation: [May they be like a stillborn baby] or [May they be like a child who dies at birth]