Catholic Public Domain Version
"The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me. "
— 2 Samuel 22:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;”
“The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. ”
“The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.”
“The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.”
“The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.”
“The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.”
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;”
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.
Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.