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Psalm 116

Sal. 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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sorrows.
Sal. 18:4‑6• 4Cercáronme dolores de muerte, Y torrentes de perversidad me atemorizaron.
5Dolores del sepulcro me rodearon, Previniéronme lazos de muerte.
6En mi angustia invoqué á Jehová, Y clamé á mi Dios: El oyó mi voz desde su templo, Y mi clamor llegó delante de él, á sus oídos.
(Sal. 18:4‑6)
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Sal. 88:6‑7• 6Hasme puesto en el hoyo profundo, En tinieblas, en honduras.
7Sobre mí se ha acostado tu ira, Y me has afligido con todas tus ondas. (Selah.)
(Sal. 88:6‑7)
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Jon. 2:2‑3• 2Y dijo: Clamé de mi tribulación á Jehová, Y él me oyó; Del vientre del sepulcro clamé, Y mi voz oiste.
3Echásteme en el profundo, en medio de los mares, Y rodeóme la corriente; Todas tus ondas y tus olas pasaron sobre mí.
(Jon. 2:2‑3)
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Mr. 14:33‑36• 33Y toma consigo á Pedro y á Jacobo y á Juan, y comenzó á atemorizarse, y á angustiarse.
34Y les dice: Está muy triste mi alma, hasta la muerte: esperad aquí y velad.
35Y yéndose un poco adelante, se postró en tierra, y oro que si fuese posible, pasase de él aquella hora,
36Y decía: Abba, Padre, todas las cosas son á ti posibles: traspasa de mí este vaso; empero no lo que yo quiero, sino lo que tú.
(Mr. 14:33‑36)
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Lc. 22:44• 44Y estando en agonía, oraba más intensamente: y fué su sudor como grandes gotas de sangre que caían hasta la tierra. (Lc. 22:44)
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He. 5:7• 7El cual en los días de su carne, ofreciendo ruegos y súplicas con gran clamor y lágrimas al que le podía librar de la muerte, fué oído por su reverencial miedo. (He. 5:7)
gat hold upon me.
Heb. found me.
I found.
 (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. (Psalms 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."