Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.In other versions
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
ASV
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
BBE
The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
DBY
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.
WEB
Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.
YLT
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
ENG
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
WBT
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
BSB
In context
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.
7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.