'Cords' in the Bible
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.
Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.