14:15 But you were brought down 1 to Sheol,
to the remote slopes of the pit. 2
26:6 It is trampled underfoot
by the feet of the oppressed,
by the soles of the poor.”
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.