psalms 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

psalms 116:3 The cords of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

3, 4. For similar figures for distress see Ps 18:4, 5.
gat hold upon me--Another sense ("found") of the same word follows, as we speak of disease finding us, and of our finding or catching disease.

psalms 116:3 The cords of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

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