# hide your face

This means that Yahweh does not look at them or pay attention to them. Alternate translation: "when you do not look upon them" or "when you ignore them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# return to dust

This means that their bodies decay and are and become soil again. Alternate translation: "their bodies decay and return to the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])