2 Samuel 22:6

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the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

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The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

saying, “I called to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.

Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. Selah

the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction,

“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.