OET interlinear PSA 71:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אַֽל־תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵ⁠נִי לְ⁠עֵ֣ת זִקְנָ֑ה כִּ⁠כְל֥וֹת כֹּ֝חִ֗⁠י אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵֽ⁠נִי

not (Some words not found in UHB: not cast,me_away to,a_time_of old_age just,as_fails strength_of,my not forsake,me )

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of phrases in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [May you not cast me away and forsake me when I am old and my strength fails]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַֽל־תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵ⁠נִי

not (Some words not found in UHB: not cast,me_away to,a_time_of old_age just,as_fails strength_of,my not forsake,me )

David is speaking of God rejecting him as if God would cast him away like throwing away an unwanted object. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [May you not reject me] or [May you not abandon me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵֽ⁠נִי

not (Some words not found in UHB: not cast,me_away to,a_time_of old_age just,as_fails strength_of,my not forsake,me )

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [please do not forsake me]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

כִּ⁠כְל֥וֹת כֹּ֝חִ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: not cast,me_away to,a_time_of old_age just,as_fails strength_of,my not forsake,me )

The word when introduces a clause that tells the time of the event in the previous clause. Use the form in your language for introducing a simultaneous time clause. Alternate translation: [at the time that my strength fails]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כִּ⁠כְל֥וֹת כֹּ֝חִ֗⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: not cast,me_away to,a_time_of old_age just,as_fails strength_of,my not forsake,me )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of strength, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [when I am no longer strong] or [when I become weak]