OET interlinear PSA 74:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶי⁠ךָ

roared foes,your

The author is speaking of God’s adversaries as if they were lions that had roared in the middle of God’s Temple (meeting place). The phrase Your adversaries roared could mean: (1) that God’s adversaries spoke or shouted loudly about their victory or with a loud cry of victory. Alternate translation: “Your adversaries have shouted victoriously” (2) That God’s adversaries boasted. Alternate translation: “Your adversaries have boasted” or “Your enemies have bragged”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠קֶ֣רֶב מוֹעֲדֶ֑⁠ךָ

in/on/at/with,midst meeting_place,your

Here, the phrase meeting place refers to the Temple in Jerusalem. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the middle of your Temple”

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

שָׂ֖מוּ אוֹתֹתָ֣⁠ם אֹתֽוֹת

set_up emblems,their signs

The phrase they have set up their signs as signs could mean: (1) that God’s adversaries had set up their military banners as signs in the Temple. They probably set these banners up as a sign of their victory. Alternate translation: “they have set up their military banners as signs” or “they have set up their banners as signs” or “they have set up their banners as a sign of their conquest” (2) that God’s adversaries had set up items of worship and symbols related to their false religion. Alternate translation: “they have set up symbols and items for their pagan worship” or “they have set up idolatrous symbols and items of false worship”