King James Version

Psalms 116:3

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

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אֲפָפ֤וּנִיafafunicompassאָפַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “compass”, a completed actionH661to surroundcompass.חֶבְלֵיchevlecompanyחֶבֶלnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “company”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2256a 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 ruinband, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.מָ֗וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).וּמְצָרֵ֣יumetsareand distressמֵצַרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and distress”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4712something tight, i.e. (figuratively) troubledistress, pain, strait.שְׁא֣וֹלsheolgraveשְׁאוֹלnoun, proper name — “grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.מְצָא֑וּנִיmetsaunicomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…צָרָ֖הtsarahtroubleצָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “trouble”, the ordinary formH6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.וְיָג֣וֹןveyagonand griefיָגוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and grief”, the ordinary formH3015afflictiongrief, sorrow.אֶמְצָֽאemtsacomeמָצָאverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “come”, an unfinished actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Young’s Literal Translation

Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

World English Bible

The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

Darby Translation

The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Περιέσχον με ὠδῖνες θανάτου, κίνδυνοι ᾅδου εὕροσάν με· θλίψιν καὶ ὀδύνην εὗρον,