Psalms 18:5
Sheol threw cords around me, snares of death came to meet me.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In Context
4The waves of death broke about me, fearful floods of chaos.
Cross References
Psalms 86:13For great is your love towards me, from the depths of Sheol you have saved me.
Psalms 88:15From my youth I am wretched and dying, I am numbed by the terrors I bear.
Psalms 124:4Then the waters would’ve swept us away, and the torrent passed over us clean:
Acts 2:24But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold on him.
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 →