King James Version

Psalms 18:4

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 18:5.

אֲפָפ֥וּנִיafafunicompassאָפַףverb, 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.מָ֑וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, 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).וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖יvenachaleand brookנַחַלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.בְלִיַּ֣עַלveliyaalBelialבְּלִיַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Belial”, the ordinary formH1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickednessBelial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִיyevaatuniaffrightבָּעַתverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “affright”, an unfinished actionH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Young’s Literal Translation

Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

World English Bible

The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Darby Translation

The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

Douay-Rheims

There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices are not heard.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(18-5) The cords of Death compassed me, and the floods of Belial assailed me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Περιέσχον με ὠδῖνες θανάτου, καὶ χείμαῤῥοι ἀνομίας ἐξετάραξάν με.