Psalm 18:5

The cords of the grave surrounded me. The snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 86:13

Your loving kindness toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of the grave.

Psalm 88:3-8

I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.

Psalm 88:15-17

Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

Acts 2:24

God resurrected him, loosing the pains of death. This is because it was not possible that he should be held fast 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
Your loving kindness toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of the grave.
Psalm 88:3
I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.
Acts 2:24
God resurrected him, loosing the pains of death. This is because it was not possible that he should be held fast by it.

Snares

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

General references

Lamentations 3:55
I called out your name in prayer, O Jehovah, out of the lowest prison.