2 Samuel 22:6

New American Bible - revised edition

The cords of Sheol tightened; the snares of death lay in wait for me.

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If they are bound with fetters, held fast by bonds of affliction,

I was caught by the cords of death; the snares of Sheol had seized me; I felt agony and dread.

Keep me, Lord, from the clutches of the wicked; preserve me from the violent, who plot to trip me up.

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

By their own iniquities the wicked will be caught, in the meshes of their own sin they will be held fast;

Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish:

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is at hand.

But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it.