Psalms 116:3 meaning and explanation
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 116:3, Berean Standard Bible
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The psalmist speaks here out of a remembered crisis, likely serious illness or danger that brought him near death. He pictures death as a hunter whose ropes have wrapped around him, and Sheol, the grave or realm of the dead, as a place whose distress has closed in on him.
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