The sorrows
2256 {2256} Primeחֶבֶלchebel{kheh'-bel}
From H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin.
of hell
7585 {7585} Primeשְׁאוֹלsh@'owl{sheh-ole'}
From H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), including its accessories and inmates.
compassed me about:
5437 {5437} Primeסָבַבcabab{saw-bab'}
A primitive root; to revolve, surround or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
the snares
4170 {4170} Primeמוֹקֵשׁmowqesh{mo-kashe'}
From H3369; a noose (for catching animals), (literally or figuratively); by implication a hook (for the nose).
of death
4194 {4194} Primeמָוֶתmaveth{maw'-veth}
From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state ( hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin.
prevented
6923 {6923} Primeקָדַםqadam{kaw-dam'}
A primitive root; to project (one self), that is, precede; hence to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help).
z8765 <8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2121
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Psalms 18:5
_ _ death — and hell (compare Psalms 16:10) are personified as man’s great enemies (compare Revelation 20:13, Revelation 20:14).
_ _ prevented — encountered me, crossed my path, and endangered my safety. He does not mean he was in their power. |
Psalms 18:5
Sorrows — Which brought me to the brink of the grave. Death — Had almost taken hold of me, before I was aware. |
- The sorrows:
- or, cords,
Psalms 86:13 For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalms 88:3-8 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. ... Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Psalms 88:15-17 I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. ... They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
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.
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- snares:
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.
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