Psalm 18:5

The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 86:13

For great is your gracious love to me; you've delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 88:3-8

For my life is filled with troubles as I approach Sheol.

Psalm 88:15-17

Since my youth I have been oppressed and in danger of death. I bear your dread and am overwhelmed.

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up and put an end to suffering of death, since it was impossible for him to be held by it,

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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 gracious love to me; you've delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
Psalm 88:3
For my life is filled with troubles as I approach Sheol.
Acts 2:24
But God raised him up and put an end to suffering of death, since it was impossible for him to be held by it,

Snares

Ecclesiastes 9:12
In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.

General references

Lamentations 3:55
I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the Pit,

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