The sorrows of death; dangerous and deadly calamities, as bitter as death. Or, the cords of death. Of hell; or, of the grave; or, of death; either killing pains, or such agonies and horrors as dying persons use to feel within themselves. Gat hold upon me, Heb. found me, i.e. surprised me. Having been long pursuing me, at last they overtook me, and seized upon me, and I gave up myself for lost.
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.