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Psalm 18:4–5

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4The ||sorrows of death compassed me,

And the floods of †ungodly men made me afraid.

5The ||sorrows of hell compassed me about:

The snares of death dprevented me.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, cords. ver. 4. So Ps. 119:61?
  2. †Heb. Belial.
  3. ||Or, cords. ver. 4. So Ps. 119:61?
  4. dPs. 17:13 marg. ver. 18. See Matt. 17:25 (Eng.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The cords of death encompassed me;

the torrents of destruction assailed me;

the cords of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

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.