Psalm 18:5

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Cross-reference

Psalm 86:13 Parallel

Psalm 86:13 thanks God for delivering the soul from the depths of Sheol — directly echoes the cords of Sheol here.

Psalm 88:3-8 describes being near Sheol, overwhelmed by waves — a fuller lament of the same experience as the snares of death here.

Psalm 88:15-17 speaks of being swept over by God's wrath like a flood — parallels the snares of death confronting the psalmist.

Psalm 55:4 Parallel

Psalm 55:4 echoes 'terrors of death' — a close parallel to David's experience of death's snares.

Acts 2:24 Prophetic fulfillment

In Acts 2:24, Peter applies this imagery to Christ's resurrection — God loosed the pangs of death, showing deliverance from Sheol's cords.

2 Samuel 22:6 is the identical verse from David's song, confirming the same deliverance imagery.

Proverbs 13:14 uses 'snares of death' exactly, showing wisdom as the escape — a thematic parallel.

Proverbs 14:27 also uses 'snares of death', linking fear of the Lord to deliverance — same imagery.

Jonah 2:2 Allusion

Jonah 2:2 explicitly mirrors this — 'out of the belly of Sheol I cried' — paralleling the psalmist's entanglement in death.

Job 36:8 Related theme

Job 36:8 speaks of being caught in cords of affliction — similar binding imagery but applied to divine discipline.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Related theme

Ecclesiastes 9:12 uses the same snare imagery for humanity's unexpected death — a general parallel to David's personal cry.