Psalm 18:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ropes from the world of the dead had coiled around me, and death had set a trap in my path.

Cross References

Psalm 116:3

Death attacked from all sides, and I was captured by its painful chains. But when I was really suffering,

Psalm 124:4

We would have been swept away in a violent flood

Psalm 69:16

Answer me, LORD! You are kind and good. Pay attention to me! You are truly merciful.

Psalm 86:13

Your love for me is so great that you protected me from death and the grave.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

None of us know when we might fall victim to a sudden disaster and find ourselves like fish in a net or birds in a trap.

Acts 2:24

But God set him free from death and raised him to life. Death could not hold him in its power.