14:15 But you were brought down 1 to Sheol,
to the remote slopes of the pit. 2
21:4 My heart palpitates, 3
I shake in fear; 4
the twilight I desired
has brought me terror.
1 tn The prefixed verb form is taken as a preterite. Note the use of perfects in v. 12 to describe the king’s downfall.
2 tn The Hebrew term בּוּר (bor, “cistern”) is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the place of the dead or the entrance to the underworld.
3 tn Heb “wanders,” perhaps here, “is confused.”
4 tn Heb “shuddering terrifies me.”