Psalm 116:3
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116:3The ropes of death tightened around me,4
the snares5 of Sheol confronted me.
I was confronted6 with trouble and sorrow.
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- 4 Heb “surrounded me.”
- 5 The Hebrew noun מצר (“straits; distress”) occurs only here, Ps 118:5 and Lam 1:3. If retained, it refers to Sheol as a place where one is confined or severely restricted (cf. 865 מֵצַר, “the straits of Sheol”; “the anguish of the grave”; “the pangs of Sheol”). However, מֵצַר suggests an emendation to מְצָדֵי (métsadey, “snares of”), a rare noun attested in Job 19:6 and Eccl 7:26. This proposal, which is reflected in the translation, produces better parallelism with “ropes” in the preceding line.
- 6 The translation assumes the prefixed verbal form is a preterite. The psalmist recalls the crisis from which the Lord delivered him.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The ropes of death encircled me,
and the distresses of Sheol found me.
I found trouble and grief.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The sorrows of death compassed me,
And the pains of hell gat hold upon me:
I found trouble and sorrow.
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