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Psalms 18:4

FearDeath and loss

2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

6 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.

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BSB
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
KJV
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
WEB
The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
ASV
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
DARBY
The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
BLB
The cords of Death surrounded me, and the torrents of Belial terrified me.
ÅB
Dødens rep var spent rundt meg,
og fordervelsens strømmer forferdet meg.
OTB
Dødens bånd omsluttet meg,
Og ødeleggelsens strømmer fylte meg med redsel.
B1930
Dødens rep omspente mig, og fordervelsens strømmer forferdet mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 116:3

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:9

    But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

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  • Matthew 27:24–25

    When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

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  • Mark 14:33–34

    And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

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  • Psalms 22:12–13

    Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

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  • Isaiah 53:3–4

    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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  • Matthew 26:47

    And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

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  • Matthew 27:39–44

    And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

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