Psalms 30:3

30:3 O Lord, you pulled me ¹  up from Sheol;

you rescued me from among those descending into the grave. ² 

Psalms 59:14

59:14 They return in the evening;

they growl ³  like a dog

and prowl around outside ⁴  the city.

[30:3]  ¹ tn Or “my life.”

[30:3]  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.”

[59:14]  ³ tn Or “howl”; or “bark.”

[59:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “go around.”