Psalms 116:3
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
4Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Jonah 2:2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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 →