Psalm 18:4

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Summary

Psalm 18:4

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Sorrows

2 Corinthians 1:9

Floods

Acts 21:30

General references

Jeremiah 51:42

Bible References

Sorrows

The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;

When the breakers of death had encompassed me, - the torrents of perdition, made me afraid, -

And they shall be in distress - Writhings and pains, shall lay hold, As a woman in childbirth, shall they be in pangs, - Everyone, at his neighbour, shall look in amazement, Faces of flames, their faces!

Despised was he, and forsaken of men, Man of pains and familiar with sickness, - Yea, like one from whom the face is hidden, Despised, and we esteemed him not.

Then, saith he unto them: Encompassed with grief, is my soul, unto death: Abide ye here, and be watching with me.

And he taketh Peter and James and John with him, and began to be exceedingly amazed, and in great distress;

But, we ourselves, within ourselves, have had the sentence of death, that we might not rest our confidence upon ourselves, but upon God, who raiseth the dead,

Floods

Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;

and said - I cried - out of my distress - unto Yahweh, and he answered me, - Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice.

And, while, yet, he was speaking, lo! Judas, one of the twelve, came, and, with him, a large multitude, with swords and clubs, from the High-priests and Elders of the people.

And Pilate, seeing, that, nothing, it availed, but rather, a tumult, was arising, taking water, washed his hands of it before the multitude, saying - Innocent, am I, of the blood of this man, - Ye, shall see to it for yourselves.

And the whole city was set in motion, and there took place a running together of the people, and, laying hold of Paul, they proceeded to drag him outside the temple, and, straightway, the doors were made fast.

General references

The sea, hath gone up over Babylon, - With the multitude of its rolling waves, is she covered.