Psalms 18:4

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

The sorrows {H2256} of death {H4194} compassed {H661} me, and the floods {H5158} of ungodly men {H1100} made me afraid {H1204}.

"For the cords of death surrounded me, the floods of B'liya'al terrified me,

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 116:3 (7 votes)

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

  • Matthew 27:24 (4 votes)

    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].

  • Matthew 27:25 (4 votes)

    Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:9 (4 votes)

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

  • Mark 14:33 (4 votes)

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

  • Mark 14:34 (4 votes)

    And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

  • Matthew 26:47 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.