Psalms 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 116 connects to 10 cross-references. A thanksgiving psalm from one who was near death and cried out to God and was saved. The psalmist cannot repay God's goodness but will lift the cup of salvation and pay vows before the assembly. Precious in the Lord's …
Other Translations
The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
Cross References
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his …
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it …
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and …
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly …