Psalms 116:3

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The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

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  • Ps 38:6 : 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
  • Ps 88:6-7 : 6 Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care. 7 You have placed me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
  • Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him. 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.
  • Jonah 2:2-3 : 2 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish. 3 He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.'
  • Mark 14:33-36 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch." 35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During His earthly life, He offered prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission.
  • Ps 18:4-6 : 4 I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies. 5 The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. 6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the traps of death confronted me.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah.

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    4I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.

    5The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

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    5For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

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    4Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, please save my life!'

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    4From the voice of the enemy, and from the oppression of the wicked—for they bring down trouble on me and in their anger they hate me.

    5My heart trembles within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

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    3Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

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    5I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

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    20See, LORD, how distressed I am! I am in anguish within, my heart is overturned because I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.

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    16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me.

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    18The Lord has disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

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    2Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call to him as long as I live.

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    2Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish.

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    9You have not handed me over to the enemy, but you have set my feet in a spacious place.

    10Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

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    2My voice cries out to God, and I will call aloud; my voice reaches God, and He listens to me.

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    3O LORD, my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

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    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

    7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.

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    55I called on Your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit.

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    15Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?

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    16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

    17The troubles of my heart have multiplied; deliver me from my distresses.

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    16May death seize them suddenly; let them go down alive into Sheol, for evil is in their dwelling and within them.

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    1For the choir director: A song to be sung to the tune of 'Lilies.' A psalm of David.

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    17For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me."

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    15I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.

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    6My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

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    6Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care.

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    8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

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    5Out of my distress, I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a spacious place.

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