Psalms 116:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.

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  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 88:6-7 : 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths. 7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
  • Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we considered him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted.
  • Jonah 2:2-3 : 2 And said, I cried out because of my affliction to the LORD, and He heard me; out of the depths of the grave I cried, and You heard my voice. 3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the floods surrounded me, all Your waves and billows passed over me.
  • Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and deeply troubled. 34 And he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death; stay here and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; take away this cup from me; nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like great drops of blood falling to the ground.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent submission;
  • Ps 18:4-6 : 4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

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    4The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

    5The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.

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    5When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

    6The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

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    4Then I called upon the name of the LORD: O LORD, I beg You, deliver my soul.

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    4My heart is in anguish within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

    5Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

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    3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to the grave.

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    13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death:

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    5The waters surrounded me, even to my soul: the depths closed in around me, the seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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    20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my heart is troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.

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    16And now my soul is poured out within me; the days of affliction have seized me.

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    18The LORD has chastened me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

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    2Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

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    1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

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    2And said, I cried out because of my affliction to the LORD, and He heard me; out of the depths of the grave I cried, and You heard my voice.

    3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the floods surrounded me, all Your waves and billows passed over me.

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    9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.

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    1Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD.

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    17For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.

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    6I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long.

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    21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pierced in my mind.

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