OET interlinear PSA 98:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִֽ⁠פְֽנֵי

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before

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

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הָ֫⁠אָ֥רֶץ

the=earth/land

Here, the earth represents the people who live on the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the people of the earth]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

תֵּבֵ֥ל

(Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when coming to,judge the=earth/land judge world with,righteousness and,peoples with,uprightness(es) )

Here, the world represents the people who live in the world. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the people in the world]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יִשְׁפֹּֽט־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּ⁠צֶ֑דֶק וְ֝⁠עַמִּ֗ים בְּ⁠מֵישָׁרִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when coming to,judge the=earth/land judge world with,righteousness and,peoples with,uprightness(es) )

These two phrases he will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with fairness mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [he will judge the world with righteousness, yes, he will judge the peoples with fairness]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠צֶ֑דֶק

(Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when coming to,judge the=earth/land judge world with,righteousness and,peoples with,uprightness(es) )

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

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠מֵישָׁרִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when coming to,judge the=earth/land judge world with,righteousness and,peoples with,uprightness(es) )

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

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ֝⁠עַמִּ֗ים בְּ⁠מֵישָׁרִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when coming to,judge the=earth/land judge world with,righteousness and,peoples with,uprightness(es) )

The psalmist is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and he will judge the peoples with fairness]