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Psalm 18:4–5

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4pThe cords of death encompassed me;

qthe torrents of destruction assailed me;1

5pthe cords of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or terrified me

Cross references

  1. pPs. 116:3; [Ps. 119:61]
  2. qSee Ps. 32:6
  3. p[See ver. 4 above]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The cords of death entangled me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death confronted me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;

the torrents of destruction terrified me.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

NLTNew Living Translation

The ropes of death entangled me;

floods of destruction swept over me.

The grave wrapped its ropes around me;

death laid a trap in my path.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The ropes of death encircled me,

and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.

The ropes of Sheol surrounded me;

the snares of death confronted me.

KJV 1900King James Version

The sorrows of death compassed me,

And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

The sorrows of hell compassed me about:

The snares of death prevented me.