Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 86:13
For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
Psalm 88:3-8
For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
Psalm 88:15-17
I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
Psalm 116:3
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.
Acts 2:24
But God raised Him up, releasing Him and bringing an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in death’s power.
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The sorrows, or, cords
Snares
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The sorrows, or, cords
For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
Snares
General references
I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.