Psalms 18:5
The snares of the underworld surrounded me, And the nets of death seized upon me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In Context
4The snares of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay;
Cross References
Psalms 86:13For thy kindness to me hath been great; Thou hast delivered me from the depths of the underworld!
Psalms 88:15I have been afflicted and languishing from my youth; I suffer thy terrors, and am distracted.
Psalms 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us; The stream had gone over our soul;
Acts 2:24But God raised him up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be held 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 →