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Psalms · Chapter 18

Psalm 18:5

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

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Before · Psalm 18:3–4

3I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies. 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.

After · Psalm 18:6–7

6In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears. 7Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

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  • FootnoteSheol is the place of the dead.

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