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“For the waves of death encompassed me;
The torrents of [a]destruction overwhelmed and terrified me.

“The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.

“In my distress I called upon the Lord;
I cried out to my God,
And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard my voice;
My cry for help came into His ears.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 22:5 Heb Belial.

The waves(A) of death swirled about me;
    the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
The cords of the grave(B) coiled around me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

“In my distress(C) I called(D) to the Lord;
    I called out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
    my cry came to his ears.

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