(A)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

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

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saying,

(A)“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
    and he answered me;
(B)out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
    (C)and you heard my voice.

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27 The fear of the Lord is (A)a fountain of life,
    that one may (B)turn away from the snares of death.

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14 The teaching of the wise is (A)a fountain of life,
    that one may (B)turn away from the snares of death.

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22 The (A)iniquities of the wicked (B)ensnare him,
    and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

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The arrogant have (A)hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread (B)a net;[a]
    beside the way they have set (C)snares for me. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:5 Or they have spread cords as a net

(A)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

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And if they are (A)bound in chains
    and caught in the cords of affliction,

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