Catholic Public Domain Version
"The sorrows of Hell encompassed me, and the snares of death intercepted me. "
— Psalms 17:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”
“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. ”
“I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.”
“I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!”
“The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.”
“My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.”
“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my liberator. My God is my helper, and I hope in him: my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.
The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.
The sorrows of Hell encompassed me, and the snares of death intercepted me.
In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord, and I cried out to my God. And he listened to my voice from his holy temple. And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.
The earth was shaken, and it trembled. The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken, because he was angry with them.
A smoke ascended by his wrath, and a fire flared up from his face: coals were kindled by it.