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


In Context

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O LORD, my strength.

2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

3 I will call upon the LORD, 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 on me.

6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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