30:3 O Lord, you pulled me 1 up from Sheol;
you rescued me from among those descending into the grave. 2
59:14 They return in the evening;
they growl 3 like a dog
and prowl around outside 4 the city.
1 tn Or “my life.”
2 tn Heb “you kept me alive from those descending into the pit.” The Hebrew noun בוֹר (bor, “pit, cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. The translation follows the consonantal Hebrew text (Kethib); the marginal reading (Qere) has, “you kept me alive so that I did not go down into the pit.”
3 tn Or “howl”; or “bark.”
4 tn Heb “go around.”