sorrows. cords. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the pains produced by them.
hell. Sheol. See App-35.
gat hold. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
Related Commentaries of Psalms 116:3
Psalms 116:3
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.