Psalms 116:3
The bands of death had compassed me, and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me; I had met with distress and sorrow:
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
2For he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore throughout all my days will I call on him.
4I then called on the name of the Lord, I beseech thee, O Lord, release my soul.
Cross References
Psalms 18:4(18:5) The bonds of death encompassed me, and the floods of destruction made me afraid.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my crying all the day.
Psalms 88:6(88:7) Thou hast laid me in the pit of the lower world, in darkness, in the depths.
Jonah 2:2(2:3) And he said, I called from the midst of my distress unto the Lord, and he hath answered me: out of the depth of the grave have I cried, and thou hast heard my voice.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 116:2-10
Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the Lord , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord , I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped… Read the whole commentary →