139:8 If I were to ascend 1 to heaven, you would be there.
If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. 2
57:2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;
they rest on their beds. 3
1 tn The Hebrew verb סָלַק (salaq, “to ascend”) occurs only here in the OT, but the word is well-attested in Aramaic literature from different time periods and displays a wide semantic range (see DNWSI 2:788-90).
2 tn Heb “look, you.”
3 tn Heb “he enters peace, they rest on their beds, the one who walks straight ahead of himself.” The tomb is here viewed in a fairly positive way as a place where the dead are at peace and sleep undisturbed.