Life, Death, And Immortality : Studies in the Psalms
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xxxviii. 10, in the Psalm of Hezekiah, are the words : / said : In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol ; and its '' bars '' are spoken of in Job. xvii. 16, where Job says of his hope : It shall go down to the bars of Sheol. 9* 134 DOCTRINE OF THE FUTURE LIFE On the other hand, the expression '' gates of death " occurs in Ps. ix. 13 : Thou that lijtest me up from the gates of death ; and in Ps. cvii. 18 : They draw near unto the gates of death (cp. Job. xxxviii. 17). '' De...ath '* and '* Sheol '' are thus synony- mous terms. The idea of Sheol being a '* city '' would naturally have arisen, because it was in the cities that many people were gathered together ; and that Sheol was con- ceived of as a place in which crowds were gathered together is clear from Job. xxx. 23 : For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, To the house of assembly for all living (cp. Job. xvii. 13) ; ^ and from Ps. xhx. 14 (15 in Hebr.) : As a flock they are put in Sheol, Death shall be their shepherd and their ruler * (cp.
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