Psalms 116:3
Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would die and go to the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2He listens to me, so I will call out to him all during my life.
4But then I called out to Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh, I plead with you to save/rescue me!”
Cross References
Psalms 18:4All around me were dangerous situations in which I might be killed [PRS]; it was as though there were huge waves [MET] that almost crashed on me and killed me.
Psalms 32:3When I did not confess my sins, ◄my body/I► was very weak and sick, and I groaned ◄all day long/continually►.
Psalms 88:6It is as though you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit, into a place where they throw corpses.
Jonah 2:2Jonah said, “Yahweh, when I was greatly distressed here, I prayed to you, and you heard what I prayed. When I was about to descend way down into the place where dead people go, you heard me when I called out for you to help/save me.
Luke 22:44He was greatly distressed. So he prayed more earnestly. His sweat fell down on the ground as though it was large drops of blood.
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 →