“The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.”
The description of the cords of Sheol closing around the speaker and traps of death confronting him expresses the imminence of death. The closing imagery suggests being ensnared and unable to escape. The confronting suggests that death approaches directly and inescapably. This verse emphasizes that the speaker faced literal death before being delivered.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:5
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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