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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The sorrows
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
of death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
compassed
'aphaph (Hebrew #661)
to surround
KJV usage: compass.
Pronounce: aw-faf'
Origin: a primitive root
me, and the floods
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
of λungodly men
bliya`al (Hebrew #1100)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
KJV usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Pronounce: bel-e-yah'-al
Origin: from 1097 and 3276
made me afraid
ba`ath (Hebrew #1204)
to fear
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.
Pronounce: baw-ath'
Origin: a primitive root
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Belial.

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sorrows.
Psa. 116:3• 3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. (Psa. 116:3)
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2 Sam. 22:5‑6• 5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
 6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; (2 Sam. 22:5‑6)
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Isa. 13:8• 8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. (Isa. 13:8)
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Isa. 53:3‑4• 3He 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.
 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (Isa. 53:3‑4)
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Matt. 26:38‑39• 38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
 39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matt. 26:38‑39)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
 34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
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2 Cor. 1:9• 9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: (2 Cor. 1:9)
floods.
Psa. 22:12‑13,16• 12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
 13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
 16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. (Psa. 22:12‑13,16)
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Jonah 2:2‑7• 2And 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.
 3For 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.
 4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
 5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
 7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (Jonah 2:2‑7)
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Matt. 26:47,55• 47And 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.
 55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. (Matt. 26:47,55)
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Matt. 27:24‑25,39‑44• 24When 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.
 25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
 39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
 40And 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.
 41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
 42He 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.
 43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
 44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. (Matt. 27:24‑25,39‑44)
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Acts 21:30• 30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. (Acts 21:30)
ungodly men.
Heb. Belial.
• In verse 4 to 6, Christ is seen compassed by the sorrows of death, surrounded by the floods of the ungodly, with the grave and the snares of death before Him. (“Psalm 18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Pains of death encompassed me,{HR}And streams of wickedness terrify me.