OET interlinear 2 SAM 22:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when kept ways_of YHWH and=not acted_wickedly from,God_of,my )

Here the word For introduces not a reason but an explanation. If the connection between this statement and the previous one is not clear, you may want to use a different connecting word to show how this statement relates to what comes before it. The meaning is similar in [verses 23](../22/23.md), [29](../22/29.md), [30](../22/30.md), and [32](../22/32.md). Alternate translation: [After all,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָׁמַ֖רְתִּי דַּרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when kept ways_of YHWH and=not acted_wickedly from,God_of,my )

David is speaking of how a person lives as if that were a way or path that the person was walking along. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I have lived as Yahweh commands] or [I have obeyed Yahweh’s commands]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠לֹ֥א רָשַׁ֖עְתִּי מֵ⁠אֱלֹהָֽ⁠י

and=not (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when kept ways_of YHWH and=not acted_wickedly from,God_of,my )

David 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, specifically in the next verse, if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and I have not been so wicked as to turn away from my God]