(A)The cords of death encompassed me;
    (B)the torrents of destruction assailed me;[a]
(C)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

(D)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
    to my God I cried for help.
From his (E)temple he heard my voice,
    and my cry to him reached his ears.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me

The cords of death(A) entangled me;
    the torrents(B) of destruction overwhelmed me.
The cords of the grave coiled around me;
    the snares of death(C) confronted me.

In my distress(D) I called to the Lord;(E)
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;(F)
    my cry came(G) before him, into his ears.

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