2 Samuel 22:6 (DRB)

Passage

The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:4 I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.

2 Samuel 22:5 For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.

2 Samuel 22:6 The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

2 Samuel 22:7 In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.

2 Samuel 22:8 The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cords", "hell", "compassed", "snares", "death", and "prevented". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cords" and "hell", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For the pangs of death have surrounded..." into verse 7's "In my distress I will call upon...", so "cords" and "hell" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cords" and "hell" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.