Psalms 18:5

(18-6) The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

In Context

4(18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

6(18-7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God; out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry came before Him unto His ears.

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Cross References

Psalms 86:13For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.

Psalms 88:15(88-16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.

Psalms 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

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 →

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