This is commonly taken as literal heaven, but why should it be, seeing that the same heaven is referred to in v. 1 and that is clearly figurative?
Mstari huu umechukuliwa ulivyo kwa kawaida, Lakini kwa nini iwe hivyo, Kwa kuwa mbingu ni zile zile zilizotajwa katika mst. 1, ni wazi huu ni maneno ya mfano? mstari wa 4 unamwonyesha joka akiziangusha nyota katika nchi toka mbinguni.