6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
6 The sorrows H2256 of hell H7585 compassed me about; H5437 the snares H4170 of death H4194 prevented H6923 me;
6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
6 The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.
6 The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;
6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came on me.
6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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.
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Commentary on 2 Samuel 22 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 22
2Sa 22:1-51. David's Psalm of Thanksgiving for God's Powerful Deliverance and Manifold Blessings.
The song contained in this chapter is the same as the eighteenth Psalm, where the full commentary will be given [see on Ps 18:1, &c.]. It may be sufficient simply to remark that Jewish writers have noticed a great number of very minute variations in the language of the song as recorded here, from that embodied in the Book of Psalms—which may be accounted for by the fact that this, the first copy of the poem, was carefully revised and altered by David afterwards, when it was set to the music of the tabernacle. This inspired ode was manifestly the effusion of a mind glowing with the highest fervor of piety and gratitude, and it is full of the noblest imagery that is to be found within the range even of sacred poetry. It is David's grand tribute of thanksgiving for deliverance from his numerous and powerful enemies, and establishing him in the power and glory of the kingdom.