The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.
The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;
2 Samuel — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
S E C O N D S A M U E L CHAP. XXII. This chapter is a psalm, a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards inserted among David's psalms ( Ps. xviii. ) with some little variation. We have it here as it was first composed for his…