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Psalms 18:5

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalms 18:5 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Sorrows. Heb. chabalim, “cords” as in v. 4.

Hell. Heb. she’ol. See on Ps. 16:10; Prov. 15:11.

Snares. Heb. moqshim, “bird traps.”

Prevented. Heb. qadam, “confronted,” the original meaning of our English word (from the Latin: prae, “before,” and venio, “come”).

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