A moment in scripture
Psalms 18:4
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 18:2
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 18:3
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
- Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.