Psalm 116:3
The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
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- Psalm 18:4–6 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me. In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalm 38:6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
- Psalm 32:3–4 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.