Verse 5

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:13 : 13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
  • Ps 88:3-8 : 3 For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. 4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. 6 You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths. 7 Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah) 8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
  • Ps 88:15-17 : 15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. 16 Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me. 17 They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare– just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.
  • Acts 2:24 : 24 But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.