Psalms 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.In other versions
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
ASV
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
BBE
The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
DBY
The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
WEB
Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
YLT
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
ENG
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
WBT
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
BSB
In context
2The 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.
3I 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.
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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.