Psalms 116:3

World English Bible (2000)

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
  • Ps 88:6-7 : 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
  • Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him. 4 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
  • Jonah 2:2-3 : 2 He said, "I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. 3 For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
  • Mark 14:33-36 : 33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch." 35 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. 36 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
  • Ps 18:4-6 : 4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me. 6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.

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    4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

    5The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

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    5For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

    6The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

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    4Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."

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    4My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

    5Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

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    3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

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    20See, Yahweh; 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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    4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

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    18Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

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

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    9Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

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

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    17For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

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