Psalms 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. A royal thanksgiving psalm attributed to David after God delivered him from Saul and his enemies. One of the longest psalms, it describes divine deliverance in theophanic imagery of earthquake, storm, and lightning, celebrates God's role in military victory, and …
Other Translations
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
Cross References
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a …
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 …