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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:4 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, and the floods
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
of λungodly men
bliya`al (Hebrew #1100)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
KJV usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Pronounce: bel-e-yah'-al
Origin: from 1097 and 3276
made me afraid
ba`ath (Hebrew #1204)
to fear
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.
Pronounce: baw-ath'
Origin: a primitive root
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Belial.

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sorrows.
Psa. 116:3• 3Bands of death compassed me,{HR}And straits of Sheol seized me:{HR}I found trouble and sorrow; (Psa. 116:3)
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2 Sam. 22:5‑6• 5For the waves of death encompassed me,{HR}Torrents of Belial made me afraid.{HR}
 6The bands of Sheol surrounded me;{HR}The cords of death encountered me;{HR} (2 Sam. 22:5‑6)
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Isa. 13:8• 8and they shall be dismayed: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall writhe as a woman in travail; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be] faces of flames. (Isa. 13:8)
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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)
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Matt. 26:38‑39• 38Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.
 39And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou [wilt]. (Matt. 26:38‑39)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and deeply depressed.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; tarry here and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
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2 Cor. 1:9• 9But we ourselves have had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God that raiseth the dead, (2 Cor. 1:9)
floods.
Psa. 22:12‑13,16• 12Many bulls have surrounded me;{HR}Strong ones of Bashan have encompassed me.
 13They opened their mouth upon me,{HR}[Like] a lion tearing in pieces and roaring.
 16For dogs have surrounded me,{HR}The congregation of evil-doers have encompassed me,{HR}Piercing my hands and my feet. (Psa. 22:12‑13,16)
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Jonah 2:2‑7• 2and said,
 3For 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}
 4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes,{HR}Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.{HR}
 5The waters encompassed me, to the soul:{HR}The deep was round about me,{HR}The weeds were wrapped about my head.{HR}
 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;{HR}The bars of the earth closed upon me forever:{HR}But thou hast brought up my life from the pit,{HR}O Jehovah my God.{HR}
 7When my soul fainted within me,{HR}I remembered Jehovah;{HR}And my prayer came in unto thee,{HR}Into thy holy temple.{HR} (Jonah 2:2‑7)
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Matt. 26:47,55• 47And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and sticks from the chief priests and elders of the people.
 55In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily [with you] teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me. (Matt. 26:47,55)
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Matt. 27:24‑25,39‑44• 24And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye [to it].
 25And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children.
 39But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
 40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.
 41[And] in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
 42He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.
 43He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.
 44And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him. (Matt. 27:24‑25,39‑44)
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Acts 21:30• 30And the whole city was moved, and the people ran together, and they laid hold on Paul and dragged him out of the temple; and forthwith the doors were shut. (Acts 21:30)
ungodly men.
Heb. Belial.
• In verse 4 to 6, Christ is seen compassed by the sorrows of death, surrounded by the floods of the ungodly, with the grave and the snares of death before Him. (“Psalm 18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

W. Kelly Translation

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Pains of death encompassed me,{HR}And streams of wickedness terrify me.