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Psalms 116:3
3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
Psalms 116:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- New International Version (NIV)The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Context of Psalms 116:3
1I love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications; 2For he hath inclined his ear unto me, and I will call upon him during [all] my days. The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow: 4Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul. 5Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.
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אֲפָפ֤וּנִי׀ חֶבְלֵי־מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי צָרָ֖ה וְיָג֣וֹן אֶמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 116:3
- Psalms 18:4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
- Psalms 88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
- Jonah 2:2and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
- Mark 14:33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
- Luke 22:44And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
- Psalms 38:6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
- Isaiah 53:3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; — despised, and we esteemed him not.
Commentaries on Psalms 116:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The sorrows of death - מות חבלי chebley maveth, the cables or cords of death; alluding to their bonds and fetters during their captivity; or to the cords by which a criminal is bound who is about to be led out to execution; or to the bandages in which the dead were enveloped, when head, arms, body, and limbs were all laced down together. The pains of hell - שאול מצרי metsarey sheol the straitnesses of the grave. So little expectation was there of life…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The sorrows of death - What an expression! We know of no intenser sorrows pertaining to this world than those which we associate with the dying struggle - whether our views in regard to the reality of such sorrows be correct or not. We may be - we probably are - mistaken in regard to the intensity of suffering as ordinarily experienced in death; but still we dread those sorrows more than we do anything else, and all that we dread may be experienced then…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3It is not clear if the psalmist’s crisis was a literal near-death experience or if he was using the term figuratively.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. For similar figures for distress see Psa 18:4, 5. gat hold upon me--Another sense ("found") of the same word follows, as we speak of disease finding us, and of our finding or catching disease.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 116
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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