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 lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
Psalm 88:3

For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
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.

Snares

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.

General references

Lamentations 3:55

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.