Psalm 116:3

King James Version (KJV)

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

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Psalm 116:3 - Additional Comments

Sheol is, in Hebrew (in the Old Testament), the place to which the dead go. It might be translated grave (Gen 37:35) or hell (Hab 2:5).
1. Sometimes means grave, or death (e.g. Gen 42:38; Job 14:13; Ps 88:3).
2. Sometimes means a place of sorrow (2 Sam 22:6; Ps 18:5; 116:3), into which the wicked go (Ps 9:17), and where they are fully conscious (Isa 14:9-17; Ezek 32:21).
The Greek word hades (in the New Testament), equivalent to the Hebrew sheol, indicates the location of the unsaved after death but before judgment (Rev 20:11-15). Luke 16:23-26 shows that the lost in hades are conscious, have memory, and are in torment. It is clear from this passage that once there, there is no hope of escaping it. This torment continues until the day of judgment (2 Pet 2:9), when all the unsaved, and hades itself, will be cast into the lake of fire (Rev 20:13-15).
See notes on Eph 4:9.
The author is comparing the pains he is feeling to the suffering one would experience being dead and in hell.

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