Psalms 18:4

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 18

“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.”Psalms 18:4

What Does Psalms 18:4 Mean?

Psalms 18:4 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 18, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Suffering, and Death & Afterlife.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Psalms 18:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Jonah 2:2“And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.”Psalms 116:3“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”Psalms 93:3“The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.”Psalms 142:2“I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.”Isaiah 17:12“Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!”Revelation 12:15“And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.”Psalms 46:3“Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”Matthew 27:24“When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.”Mark 14:33“And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;”2 Corinthians 1:9“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:”Genesis 32:7“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;”2 Samuel 22:5“When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;”Psalms 22:12“Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.”Psalms 22:16“For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”Psalms 27:2“When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.”Psalms 55:4“My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.”Psalms 124:4“Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:”Psalms 130:1“Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.”Isaiah 53:3“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”Lamentations 3:54“Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.”

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