Psalm 18:5
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5 the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(A)
Psalm 86:13
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13 For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.(A)
Acts 2:24
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24 But God raised him up, having released him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 9:12
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12 For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.(A)
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Psalm 116:3
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3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.(A)
Psalm 88:15-17
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15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](A)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long;
from all sides they close in on me.(B)
Footnotes
- 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 88:3-8
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3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.(A)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,(B)
5 like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.(C)
6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.(D)
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah(E)
8 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;(F)
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