Psalms 18:5
\18:4\The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In Context
6\18:5\The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Cross References
Psalms 86:13For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.
Psalms 88:15\88:14\Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
Psalms 124:4We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
Acts 2:24But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:2-20
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. 1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my… Read the whole commentary →