OET interlinear PSA 79:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

הָיִ֣ינוּ

become

Here Asaph is using the word We to introduce the community of Israel as speakers for the first time in the psalm. Your language may have its own way of introducing new participants that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [We, your people, have become]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

חֶ֭רְפָּה לִ⁠שְׁכֵנֵ֑י⁠נוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס לִ⁠סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: become taunt to,neighbors_of,our scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. The poetry of the original language was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [those whom our neighbors insult and mock]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חֶ֭רְפָּה

(Some words not found in UHB: become taunt to,neighbors_of,our scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of reproach, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [people whom others reproach]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס לִ⁠סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us

Asaph 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 we have become scorn and derision to the ones around us]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס

scorn and,derision

The terms scorn and derision mean similar things. Asaph is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [utter mockery]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס לִ⁠סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of scorn and derision, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [people whom others scorn and deride]