Psalms 18:5
The meshes of hades, had surrounded me, The snares of death, had confronted me,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In Context
4The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid;
Cross References
Psalms 86:13For, thy lovingkindness, is great towards me, And thou hast rescued my soul from Hades beneath.
Psalms 88:15Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!
Psalms 124:4Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul;
Acts 2:24Whom, God, raised up, loosing the pangs of death, inasmuch as it was, not possible, for him to continue held fast 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 →