OET interlinear PSA 84:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֤י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when good day in,courts_of,your more,than_a_thousand rather be_a_doorkeeper in=house_of my_God_of,my more,than_to_dwell in_[the],tents_of wickedness )

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a further reason for the psalmist’s desire to be in God’s courts. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ ׀ וּ⁠מָגֵן֮

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when good day in,courts_of,your more,than_a_thousand rather be_a_doorkeeper in=house_of my_God_of,my more,than_to_dwell in_[the],tents_of wickedness )

The psalmist is speaking of Yahweh God as if he were a sun that gives life and light and a shield that protects from harm. If these images communicate well in your language, please use them. If not, you could express them as comparisons. Alternate translation: [the one who gives us life like the sun and protects us like a shield]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חֵ֣ן וְ֭⁠כָבוֹד יִתֵּ֣ן

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when good day in,courts_of,your more,than_a_thousand rather be_a_doorkeeper in=house_of my_God_of,my more,than_to_dwell in_[the],tents_of wickedness )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of favor and glory, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [treats people favorably and honors them]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ט֝֗וֹב

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when good day in,courts_of,your more,than_a_thousand rather be_a_doorkeeper in=house_of my_God_of,my more,than_to_dwell in_[the],tents_of wickedness )

The psalmist is using the adjective good as a noun to mean a certain kind of thing. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [good things]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לַֽ⁠הֹלְכִ֥ים בְּ⁠תָמִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when good day in,courts_of,your more,than_a_thousand rather be_a_doorkeeper in=house_of my_God_of,my more,than_to_dwell in_[the],tents_of wickedness )

The psalmist is speaking of how a person lives as if that were a path that the person was walking along. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the ones living in blamelessness]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠תָמִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when good day in,courts_of,your more,than_a_thousand rather be_a_doorkeeper in=house_of my_God_of,my more,than_to_dwell in_[the],tents_of wickedness )

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