The ropes of death wrapped around me. The traps of death were before me.
The ropes of death bound me, and the fear of the grave took hold of me. I was troubled and sad.
They would have been like a flood drowning us; they would have poured over us like a river.
Lord, answer me because your love is so good. Because of your great kindness, turn to me.
You have great love for me. You have saved me from death.
No one knows what will happen next. Like a fish caught in a net, or a bird caught in a trap, people are trapped by evil when it suddenly falls on them.
God raised Jesus from the dead and set him free from the pain of death, because death could not hold him.