Psalm 18:5

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

Psalm 86:13

For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 88:3-8

For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

Psalm 88:15-17

I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

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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 you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
Psalm 88:3
For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
Acts 2:24
But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

Snares

Ecclesiastes 9:12
Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

General references

Lamentations 3:55
(Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit.

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