4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.


In Context

1 I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

Psalm 18:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:4The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:4The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:4The cords of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:4Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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