Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In Context
4Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
6The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.
Cross References
Psalms 86:13For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.
Psalms 88:15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
Psalms 124:4For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.
Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden 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 →