The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; The snares of death prevented me;
The cords of Sheol were entangling me; I encountered the snares of death.
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
The cords of the grave surrounded me; death’s traps held me tight.
The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.
The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
If people are bound with chains and trapped by the cords of affliction,
A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death.
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death.
A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. I cried out for help from deep inside Sheol; you heard my voice.
‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognise that its desolation has come near.
God raised him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.