OET interlinear PSA 88:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

בַּ⁠מֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: counted with go_down_of pit am like,a_man not strength )

The psalmist actually means to communicate the opposite of the literal meaning of what he is saying here. If a speaker of your language would not do that, you could translate the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [abandoned among the dead]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: counted with go_down_of pit am like,a_man not strength )

The point of this comparison is that just as the slain lying in the grave are forgotten and helpless, so is the psalmist. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [as forgotten as corpses lying in the grave]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣⁠ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝⁠הֵ֗מָּה מִ⁠יָּדְ⁠ךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: counted with go_down_of pit am like,a_man not strength )

In the second half of the verse, the psalmist shifts from using whom to repeating they, they. Both refer to the dead. The doubled pronoun they, they reflects an emphasis in the original language on the finality of their separation from God.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: counted with go_down_of pit am like,a_man not strength )

It might seem that the expression whom you do not remember them contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: [whom you do not remember] or [You do not remember them]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ֝⁠הֵ֗מָּה מִ⁠יָּדְ⁠ךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: counted with go_down_of pit am like,a_man not strength )

The expression they are cut off is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is God. Alternate translation: [and they, you have cut them off from your hand]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

נִגְזָֽרוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: counted with go_down_of pit am like,a_man not strength )

The psalmist is using cut off as a common expression of the culture to mean “removed.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they are removed]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠יָּדְ⁠ךָ֥

(Some words not found in UHB: counted with go_down_of pit am like,a_man not strength )

Here, hand represents the power and care of a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [from your care]