OET interlinear PSA 72:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶי⁠ךָ לְ⁠מֶ֣לֶךְ תֵּ֑ן

ʼElohīm (Some words not found in UHB: of,Solomon ʼElohīm judgments_of,your to_[the],king give and,righteousness_of,your to_[the],son_of king )

The psalmist is using an imperative, but he is communicating a polite request to God 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: [God, please give your judgments to the king]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶי⁠ךָ לְ⁠מֶ֣לֶךְ תֵּ֑ן וְ⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֥ לְ⁠בֶן־מֶֽלֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: of,Solomon ʼElohīm judgments_of,your to_[the],king give and,righteousness_of,your to_[the],son_of king )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Another approach would be to connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. See how you as a team have decided to translate the parallel phrases in the Psalms, and follow that approach here and throughout this psalm. Alternate translation: [give your just decisions to the king, yes, give your righteousness to the king’s son]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶי⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: of,Solomon ʼElohīm judgments_of,your to_[the],king give and,righteousness_of,your to_[the],son_of king )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgments, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [your ability to judge rightly]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֥ לְ⁠בֶן־מֶֽלֶךְ

and,righteousness_of,your to_[the],son_of king

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: [and give your righteousness to the son of the king]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֥

and,righteousness_of,your

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

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לְ⁠בֶן־מֶֽלֶךְ

to_[the],son_of king

The psalmist is using this possessive form to describe a social relationship. The son of the king refers to the king’s offspring. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the king’s son]