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The cords of Sheol[a] were around me.
    The snares of death came on me.
In my distress I called on Yahweh,
    and cried to my God.
He heard my voice out of his temple.
    My cry before him came into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled.
    The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,
    because he was angry.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.

The cords of the grave coiled around me;
    the snares of death(A) confronted me.

In my distress(B) I called to the Lord;(C)
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;(D)
    my cry came(E) before him, into his ears.
The earth trembled(F) and quaked,(G)
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;(H)
    they trembled because he was angry.(I)

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