OET interlinear PSA 74:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶי⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: roared foes_of,your in,the_midst_of your_appointed_place_of,your set_up signs_of,their signs )

Here Asaph is speaking of the adversaries as if they were wild animals that roared. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Your adversaries shouted loudly]

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

שָׂ֖מוּ אוֹתֹתָ֣⁠ם אֹתֽוֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: roared foes_of,your in,the_midst_of your_appointed_place_of,your set_up signs_of,their signs )

Setting up signs was a symbolic action by which the conquerors signified their victory over those conquered. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. 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. Alternate translation: [they have set up their banners as signs] or [they have set up their banners as a sign of their conquest] or (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]