Psalms 116:3
The snares of death encompassed me, And the pains of the underworld seized upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
Noyes Bible
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In Context
2That he hath inclined his ear to me and heard me; I will call upon him as long as I live.
4Then called I upon the LORD: O LORD! deliver me!
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The snares of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay;
Psalms 32:3While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 88:6Thou hast placed me in a deep pit, In a dark and deep abyss.
Jonah 2:2and said:— I cried by reason of my distress to Jehovah, And he heard me: Out of the depth of the under-world I cried, And thou didst hear my voice.
Luke 22:44And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly. And his sweat was as it were great 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 →