Psalms 18:4

sorrows. meshes, or snares (Hebrew. hebel). Not bodily pains.

ungodly men. Belial.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sorrows of death compassed me - Surrounded me. That is, he was in imminent danger of death, or in the midst of such pangs and sorrows as are...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. (c) He speaks of the dangers and malice of his enemies from whi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XVIII. See p. 367 for the reasons which make it impossible to ascribe this Ps. to David. Even scholars who hold traditional views admit that he can...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. The cords (394) of death had compassed me about. David now begins to recount the undoubted and illustrious proofs by which he had exp...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of death compassed me - חבלי מות chebley maveth, the cab...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The sorrows of death, &c.— The whirlpools of death in heaps rolled over me. Chandler. In the parallel place of Samuel, it is, The waves of d...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows ... the sorrows - rather, 'the cords ... the cor...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Of all the Pss. this is the one which can be ascribed with greatest confidence to David. It is found, with some variations, in 2 Samuel 22 , and the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How beautifully Peter comments upon these sufferings of Jesus, Acts 2:24 . But, while we behold the holy nature of Christ, as incapable of corruptio...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sorrows of death compassed me ,.... These words and the following, in this verse and Psalms 18:5 , as they respect David, show the snares that...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. Ver. 4. The sorrows of death compass me ] Or, the pangs, pains, t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The sorrows of death compassed me That is, dangerous and deadly troubles. Or, the bands , or cords , of death, as חבלי, cheblee , may be rendere...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Troubles and Death Had Pressed In On Him ( Psalms 18:4-6 ). ‘The cords of death encompassed me, And the floods of ungodliness (literally ‘worthle...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The sorrows of death, the bands of death, compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid, the brooks of abysmal evil and perdition terr...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Death — Dangerous and deadly troubles. Floods — Their multitude, and strength, and violent assaults, breaking in upon me like a flood.

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly menb made me afraid.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 18:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 18:4