Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me. "
— 2 Samuel 22:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;”
“For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid: ”
“For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.”
“The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.”
“For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.”
“For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;”
“When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;”
And he said: “The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my Savior.
I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity.
I will call upon the Lord, who is praiseworthy; and I will be saved from my enemies.
For the pangs of death have encircled me. The torrents of Belial have terrified me.
The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.
In my tribulation, I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry out to my God. And he will heed my voice from his temple, and my outcry will reach his ears.
The earth was shaken, and it quaked. The foundations of the mountains were struck together and violently shaken, because he was angry with them.