The sorrows of hell - Margin, “cords.” The word used here is the same that occurs in the previous verse, and that is there translated “sorro…

Hell. —Heb., sheôl. (See Note on Psalms 6:5.)

Prevented — i.e., suddenly seized upon. The…

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death pr…

The sorrows of hell compassed me about
Or "the cords of the grave" ^F19 , under the power of which he was …

The first words, "I will love you, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm (Psalms 18:1). Those who trul…

1. The earth shook and trembled.

   Previously, the psalmist discu ed the affection produced by the ble ings of deliverance; her…