Psalms 116:3
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”
חֶבֶל
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
מָצָא
I found
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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שְׁאוֹל
Sheol
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שְׁאוֹל
Hell, grave — sheol; the realm of the dead; David says even there God is present and the Holy One would not be abandoned to it
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מָוֶת
death
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מָוֶת
Death. Mavet. The cessation of life. But God holds the keys of death and promised resurrection to all who are in Him.
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צָרָה
trouble
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צָרָה
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
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