Psalm 116:3 {114:3}
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The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Luke 21:20
And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

2 Samuel 22:6
The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

Psalm 18:5
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.

Psalm 40:12
For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

Psalm 55:4
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

Psalm 88:3
For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

Jonah 2:6
The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.

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The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

sorrows

Psalm 18:4-6 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. . . .

Psalm 88:6,7 They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death. . . .

Jonah 2:2,3 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish. . . .

Mark 14:33-36 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy. . . .

Luke 22:44 And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.

Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.

gat hold upon me.

Psalm 32:3,4 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. . . .

Psalm 38:6 I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I walked sorrowful all the day long.

Isaiah 53:3,4 Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not. . . .

Context
The LORD Has Heard My Voice
2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him. 3The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:4And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.…
Lexicon
The ropes
חֶבְלֵי־ (ḥeḇ·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

of death
מָ֗וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

entangled me,
אֲפָפ֤וּנִי ׀ (’ă·p̄ā·p̄ū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 661: To surround, encompass

and the anguish
וּמְצָרֵ֣י (ū·mə·ṣā·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4712: Something tight, trouble

of Sheol
שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

overcame me;
מְצָא֑וּנִי (mə·ṣā·’ū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

I was confronted
אֶמְצָֽא׃ (’em·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

by trouble
צָרָ֖ה (ṣā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6869: Tightness, a female rival

and sorrow.
וְיָג֣וֹן (wə·yā·ḡō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3015: Grief, sorrow


Additional Translations
The ropes of death entangled me, and the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold on me: I found trouble and sorrow.

The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.

The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

The cords of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

The sorrows of death encompassed me, and the pains of hell came upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

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

Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
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