Psalm 18:5

the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 86:13

For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 88:3-8

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Psalm 88:15-17

Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

Psalm 116:3

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Acts 2:24

God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

The sorrows, or, cords

General references

Bible References

The sorrows, or, cords

Psalm 86:13
For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Psalm 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Snares

Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

General references

Lamentations 3:55
"I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit;

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