Psalms 18:5 · KJV
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. {sorrows: or, cords}”
— Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, {even} into his ears.
Psalms 18 — Context
I will call upon the LORD, {who is worthy} to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. {sorrows: or, cords}
6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, {even} into his ears.
7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Cross References
Psalms 86:13
For great {is} thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. {hell: or, grave}
Psalms 88:3-8
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Psalms 88:15-17
I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so {are} the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Psalms 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}