Psalms 18:4-5 in English

⁴ The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

⁴ There are no speeches or words, in which their voices are not heard.

⁵ Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

⁵ The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

⁵ The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

⁴ Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

⁵ In the sun he has set his tabernacle; and he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult as a giant to run his course.

⁴ The cords of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came on me.

⁴ All around me were dangerous situations in which I might be killed PRS; it was as though there were huge waves MET that almost crashed on me and killed me.

⁵ It was as though the place where dead people are had ropes that were wrapped around me, or it was as though there was a trap MET that would seize and kill me.

⁴ Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

⁵ In the sun he has set his tabernacle; and he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult as a giant to run his course.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

⁵ The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

⁴ The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

⁵ The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.

⁴ There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices are not heard.

⁵ Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world.

⁴ Ropes of death encircled me, surging waters of destruction flooded over me;

⁵ The grave wound its ropes around me; death set snares for me.

⁴ The sorowes of death compassed me, and the floods of wickednes made me afraide.

⁵ The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.

⁴ (18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

⁵ (18-6) The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

⁵ The sorrows of hell compassed me about: The snares of death prevented me.

⁴ (18:5) The bonds of death encompassed me, and the floods of destruction made me afraid.

⁵ (18:6) The bonds of hell encircled me: the snares of death seized on me.

⁴ There are no speeches or words, In which their voices are not heard.

⁵ Their voice is gone out into all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.

⁴ The snares of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay;

⁵ The snares of the underworld surrounded me, And the nets of death seized upon me.

⁴ The waves of death broke about me, fearful floods of chaos.

⁵ Sheol threw cords around me, snares of death came to meet me.

⁴ The waves of death broke about me, fearful floods of chaos.

⁵ Sheol threw cords around me, snares of death came to meet me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol ·Place of the dead· were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me, and the rushing waters of worthlessness overwhelmed me.

⁵ The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

⁵ The sorrows of hell encompassed me: the snares of death seized me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁴ The sorrows of death encompassed me; and the strands or streams of wickedness have troubled me.

⁵ The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death before-occupied me.

⁴ The sorrows of death (en)compassed me; and the strands of wickedness have troubled me. (The sorrows of death surrounded me; and the streams of wickedness have flowed over me.)

⁵ The sorrows of hell (en)compassed me; the snares of death before-occupied me. (The sorrows of Sheol, or of the land of the dead, surrounded me./The sorrows of the grave surrounded me; the snares of death were set for me.)

⁴ Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

⁵ Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.