Psalms 116:3
Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
Young's Literal Translation
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In Context
2Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.
4And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,
Cross References
Psalms 18:4Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
Psalms 32:3When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
Psalms 88:6Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
Jonah 2:2And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.
Luke 22:44and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.
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 →