en_tn/psa/116/003.md

The person who made this song continues to speak.

The cords of death surrounded me

See how you translated this in Psalms 18:4.

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"