Psalms 18:4

David describes being surrounded by the cords of death and overwhelming floods of destruction. It matters because it vividly portrays the depth of danger from which God rescued him.

Cross-references · 16

• Ps 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
• Mark 14:33–34He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
• Matt 27:24–25When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
• 2 Cor 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
• Isa 53:3–4He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
• Ps 22:12–13Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
• Jonah 2:2–7saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
• Ps 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
• Matt 26:47While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
• 2 Sam 22:5–6For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
• Ps 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Matt 27:39–44And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
• Matt 26:38–39Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
• Acts 21:30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
• Isa 13:8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
• Matt 26:55At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

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