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Psalm 116

Psa. 116:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The sorrows
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
of death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
compassed
'aphaph (Hebrew #661)
to surround
KJV usage: compass.
Pronounce: aw-faf'
Origin: a primitive root
me, anda the pains
metsar (Hebrew #4712)
something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble
KJV usage: distress, pain, strait.
Pronounce: may-tsar'
Origin: from 6896
of hell
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
μgat hold
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
upon me: I found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
trouble
tsarah (Hebrew #6869)
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
KJV usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsaw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6862
and sorrow
yagown (Hebrew #3015)
affliction
KJV usage: grief, sorrow.
Pronounce: yaw-gohn'
Origin: from 3013
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Jonah 2:2• 2and said, (Jonah 2:2)
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μ
found me.

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Death,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sorrows.
Psa. 18:4‑6• 4Pains of death encompassed me,{HR}And streams of wickedness terrify me.
 5Pains of Sheol surrounded me,{HR}Snares of death fell upon me.
 6In my distress I call upon Jehovah,{HR}And unto my God do I cry for help;{HR}From his temple heareth he my voice,{HR}And my supplication before him cometh into his ears. (Psa. 18:4‑6)
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Psa. 88:6‑7• 6Thou hast laid me in the pit of abysses,{HR}In dark places, in depths.
 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,{HR}And thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy breakers. Selah. (Psa. 88:6‑7)
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Jonah 2:2‑3• 2and said,
 3{i}For thou didst cast me into the depth,{HR}Into the heart of the seas,{HR}And the flood was round about me:{HR}All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.{HR}{/i} (Jonah 2:2‑3)
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Mark 14:33‑36• 33{i}And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be{/i} amazed and deeply depressed.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; tarry here and watch.
 35{i}And{/i} he went forward a little and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
 36{i}And he said,{/i} Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee. Take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou [wilt]. (Mark 14:33‑36)
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Luke 22:44• 44And being in conflict he prayed more intently, and his sweat became as clots of blood falling down upon the earth. (Luke 22:44)
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Heb. 5:7• 7who in the days of his flesh having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him that was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears, and having been heard because of his godly fear, (Heb. 5:7)
gat hold upon me.
Heb. found me.
I found.
Psa. 32:3‑4• 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day.
 4For by day and by night thy hand is heavy upon me;{HR}My moisture hath been changed into the droughts of summer. Selah. (Psa. 32:3‑4)
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Psa. 38:6• 6I have been bowed down,{HR}I have been brought low to the utmost,{HR}All the day have I walked mourning. (Psa. 38:6)
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Isa. 53:3‑4• 3He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
 4Surely he [it is] hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (Isa. 53:3‑4)
• (vv. 3-6) In the verses that follow the psalmist describes the circumstances which revealed the love of the Lord, and called forth his own love. (“Psalm 116” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The bandsc of death encompassed me, and the anguishd of Sheol took hold ofe me; I found trouble and sorrow:

JND Translation Notes

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As Ps. 18.4,5, according to others "pangs."
d
Lit. "anguishes," "distresses."
e
Or "found."

W. Kelly Translation

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Bands of death compassed me,{HR}And straits of Sheol seized me:{HR}I found trouble and sorrow;