2 Samuel 22:5

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

2 Samuel 22:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:5

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly
men made me afraid.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:4).

2 Samuel 22:5 In-Context

3 God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.

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

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

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

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.