Psalms 30:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

the grave. Hebrew Sheol. See App-35.

that. should not go down. So in some codices and one early printed edition; but other codices read "from among" [those who were going down], with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

the pit. a sepulchre. Hebrew. bor. See note on "well" (Genesis 21:19).

Psalms 30:3

3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.