Psalms 18:5
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In my distress I called upon the Lord,.... The great Jehovah, the everlasting I AM, who is the most High in all the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The sorrows of hell - Margin, “cords.” The word used here is the same which occurs in the previous verse, and which is…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Psalms 18:1-19
The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (Sa2 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Render with R.V.,
The cords of Sheol were round about me:
The snares of death came upon me.
The Heb. word rendered…
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