OET interlinear PSA 70:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ וְ⁠יַחְפְּרוּ֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י נַ֫פְשִׁ֥⁠י יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חוֹר וְ⁠יִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼElohīm to,deliver,me YHWH to,help_of,my make,haste )

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of phrases in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [Let all who want to harm me be completely defeated and put to shame]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ וְ⁠יַחְפְּרוּ֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י נַ֫פְשִׁ֥⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼElohīm to,deliver,me YHWH to,help_of,my make,haste )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of shame and confusion, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [Let the ones trying to kill me be ashamed and be confused]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ & מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י נַ֫פְשִׁ֥⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼElohīm to,deliver,me YHWH to,help_of,my make,haste )

By using Let in each of the phrases in this verse, the psalmist is expressing what he desires or prays will happen. See the discussion in the introduction to this book about “let” and “may” and follow the decision of your team of how a speaker will express in this context what he wants to happen. Alternate translation: [I desire that the ones seeking my life have shame]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מְבַקְשֵׁ֪י נַ֫פְשִׁ֥⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼElohīm to,deliver,me YHWH to,help_of,my make,haste )

David is using seeking my life as a common expression of the culture to mean “trying to kill me.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the ones trying to kill me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חוֹר וְ⁠יִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼElohīm to,deliver,me YHWH to,help_of,my make,haste )

The expression be turned back and disgraced has passive verbal forms. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is God. Alternate translation: [and God, please drive back and disgrace the ones delighting in my harm]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חוֹר וְ⁠יִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼElohīm to,deliver,me YHWH to,help_of,my make,haste )

Here David is speaking of thwarting the enemies’ plans as if they were walking on a path and then could be blocked or turned back. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [let the ones delighting in my harm by thwarted in their plan and disgraced]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רָעָתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼElohīm to,deliver,me YHWH to,help_of,my make,haste )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of harm, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in harming me]