OET interlinear PSA 89:48

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יִֽ֭חְיֶה וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת יְמַלֵּ֨ט נַפְשׁ֖⁠וֹ מִ⁠יַּד־שְׁא֣וֹל

(Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of phrases in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [will live forever, escaping death and Sheol]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִ֤י גֶ֣בֶר יִֽ֭חְיֶה וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת יְמַלֵּ֨ט נַפְשׁ֖⁠וֹ מִ⁠יַּד־שְׁא֣וֹל

(Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

Ethan is using the question form to assert that no one can avoid death. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [No man will live and not see death or deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מִ֤י גֶ֣בֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

The psalmist is not referring to a specific man. He means people in general. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [What person]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

Here Ethan is speaking of dying as if it were to see death. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and not experience dying]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of death, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and not see himself dying]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠יַּד־שְׁא֣וֹל

(Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

Here, hand represents the power 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 the power of Sheol]