Psalms 63:9

63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ¹ 

but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ² 

Psalms 86:13

86:13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, ³ 

and will deliver my life ⁴  from the depths of Sheol. ⁵ 

[63:9]  ¹ tn Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.

[63:9]  ² sn The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.

[86:13]  ³ tn Heb “for your loyal love [is] great over me.”

[86:13]  ⁴ tn Or “for he will have delivered my life.” The verb form indicates a future perfect here.

[86:13]  ⁵ tn Or “lower Sheol.”