Psalm 18:5

New International Reader's Version

The ropes of the grave were tight around me. Death set its trap in front of me.

Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death were wrapped around me. The horrors of the grave came over me. I was overcome by sadness and sorrow.

Psalm 124:4

They would have been like a flood that drowned us. They would have swept over us like a rushing river.

Psalm 69:16

Lord, answer me because your love is so good. Turn to me because you are so kind.

Psalm 86:13

Great is your love for me. You have kept me from going down into the place of the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows when trouble will come to them. Fish are caught in nets. Birds are taken in traps. And people are trapped by hard times that come when they don’t expect them.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him from the dead. He set him free from the suffering of death. It wasn’t possible for death to keep its hold on Jesus.