6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-51)Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord ? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God ? They are dead, but the Lord liveth , 2 Sam. 22:47…
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