The cords of the grave(A) coiled around me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

“In my distress(B) I called(C) to the Lord;
    I called out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
    my cry came to his ears.
The earth(D) trembled and quaked,(E)
    the foundations(F) of the heavens[a] shook;
    they trembled because he was angry.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 22:8 Hebrew; Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:7) mountains

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