Psalms 18:5

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 18

“The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.”Psalms 18:5

What Does Psalms 18:5 Mean?

Psalms 18:5 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 18, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Suffering.

Cross-References (14)

These passages are connected to Psalms 18:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Psalms 32:7“Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.”Proverbs 13:14“The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.”Mark 14:32“And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.”Psalms 86:13“For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.”Psalms 88:3“For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.”Psalms 88:15“I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.”Proverbs 14:27“The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.”Acts 2:24“Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.”2 Samuel 22:6“The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;”Job 36:8“And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;”Psalms 116:3“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”Ecclesiastes 9:12“For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”Jeremiah 49:22“Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.”Lamentations 3:55“I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.”

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