OET interlinear PSA 90:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

You return man to dust

(Some words not found in UHB: turn_~_back Enosh/humankind until dust and=she/it_said return sons_of humankind )

This implies that just as God created the first man, Adam, from the soil, God will cause people’s bodies to turn back into soil after they die. Alternate translation: “You return people to dust when they die”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

return man

(Some words not found in UHB: turn_~_back Enosh/humankind until dust and=she/it_said return sons_of humankind )

Here “man” means people in general.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

Return, you descendants

(Some words not found in UHB: turn_~_back Enosh/humankind until dust and=she/it_said return sons_of humankind )

The words “to dust” or “to soil” are understood. Alternate translation: “Return to dust, you descendants” or “Return to soil, you descendants”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

you descendants of mankind

(Some words not found in UHB: turn_~_back Enosh/humankind until dust and=she/it_said return sons_of humankind )

This is a way of referring to humans in general. Alternate translation: “you humans” or “you people”