Psalms 18:5
The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In Context
4The sorowes of death compassed me, and the floods of wickednes made me afraide.
Cross References
Psalms 86:13For great is thy mercie toward me, and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest graue.
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
Psalms 124:4Then the waters had drowned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule:
Acts 2:24Whome God hath raised vp, and loosed the sorrowes of death, because it was vnpossible that he should be holden of 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 →