Psalms 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalms 18:4 in other translations
| BSB | The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. |
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| WEB | The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. |
| ASV | The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. |
| YLT | Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid. |
| DARBY | The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid. |
| BBE | The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear. |
| Webster | The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. |
What does Psalms 18:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:1-19
The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did…
Psalms 18:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 18:4
- Psalms 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- 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:
- Matthew 27:24-25
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. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
- Mark 14:33-34
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
- Psalms 22:12-13
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- Isaiah 53:3-4
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. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- Matthew 26:47
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- Matthew 27:39-44
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. …
- 2 Samuel 22:5-6
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
- Jonah 2:2-7
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. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. …
- Psalms 22:16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Psalms 124:4
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
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Context
- Psalms 18:3
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- Psalms 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Psalms 18:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cercáronme dolores de muerte, y torrentes de perversidad me atemorizaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je crierai à l’ Éternel, qui est digne d’être loué, et je serai sauvé de mes ennemis. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es umfingen mich die Bande des Todes, und die Ströme Belials erschreckten mich; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non sunt loquelæ, neque sermones, quorum non audiantur voces eorum. |