Psalm 18:5
New King James Version
5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 88:3-8
New King James Version
3 For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life (A)draws near to the grave.
4 I am counted with those who (B)go[a] down to the pit;
(C)I am like a man who has no strength,
5 [b]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.
6 You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all (D)Your waves. Selah
8 (E)You have [c]put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
(F)I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:4 Die
- Psalm 88:5 Lit. Free
- Psalm 88:8 taken away my friends
Psalm 86:13
New King James Version
13 For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of [a]Sheol.
Footnotes
- Psalm 86:13 The abode of the dead
Acts 2:24
New King James Version
24 (A)whom God raised up, having [a]loosed the [b]pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
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Ecclesiastes 9:12
New King James Version
12 For (A)man also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are (B)snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.
Psalm 116:3
New King James Version
3 (A)The [a]pains of death surrounded me,
And the [b]pangs of Sheol [c]laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
Footnotes
- Psalm 116:3 Lit. cords
- Psalm 116:3 distresses
- Psalm 116:3 Lit. found me
Psalm 88:15-17
New King James Version
15 I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth;
I suffer Your terrors;
I am distraught.
16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have [a]cut me off.
17 They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:16 destroyed me
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