the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah
the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction,
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