The person who made this song continues to speak.

## The cords of death surrounded me ##

See how you translated this in [Psalms 18:4](../018/004.md).

## the snares of sheol confronted me ##

"the traps of death caught me." AT: "I almost died." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]], [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

## anguish and sorrow ##

"suffering and grief"

## called on the name of Yahweh ##

"prayed in the name of Yahweh."

## rescue my life ##

"keep me alive" or "rescue me"