OET interlinear PSA 97:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ⁠דּוֹנַ֗ג נָ֭מַסּוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: mountains like,wax melt from=to/for=face/front/presence YHWH from=to/for=face/front/presence master_of all/each/any/every the=earth/land )

The point of this comparison is that just as wax melts easily when heated, so the mountains will easily crumble before Yahweh’s power. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [crumble as easily as wax melts]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י

(Some words not found in UHB: mountains like,wax melt from=to/for=face/front/presence YHWH from=to/for=face/front/presence master_of all/each/any/every the=earth/land )

Here, from to the face of represents the mountains reacting to being in the presence of Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [before the presence of]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מִ֝⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֗י אֲד֣וֹן כָּל־הָ⁠אָֽרֶץ

(Some words not found in UHB: mountains like,wax melt from=to/for=face/front/presence YHWH from=to/for=face/front/presence master_of all/each/any/every the=earth/land )

These two phrases from to the face of Yahweh and from to the face of the Lord of all the earth mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [from the presence of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth]