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15 Like a herd of sheep they will be put into Sheol,
    and Death will shepherd them.
Straight to the grave they descend,
    where their form will waste away,
    Sheol will be their palace.

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15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;(A)
    he will surely take me to himself.(B)

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33 They went down alive to Sheol with all belonging to them; the earth closed over them, and they disappeared from the assembly.

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33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead,(A) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

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That people may know wisdom and discipline,[a]
    may understand intelligent sayings;

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 Discipline: education or formation which dispels ignorance and corrects vice. Note the reprise of v. 2a in v. 7b.

for gaining wisdom and instruction;
    for understanding words of insight;

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14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
    and opens its mouth beyond measure;(A)
Down into it go nobility and masses,
    tumult and revelry.

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14 Therefore Death(A) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(B)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(C)

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