(A)The cords of death encompassed me;
    (B)the torrents of destruction assailed me;[a]

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  1. Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me

The cords of death(A) entangled me;
    the torrents(B) of destruction overwhelmed me.

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16 For (A)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers (B)encircles me;
they have (C)pierced my hands and feet[a]

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  1. Psalm 22:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet

16 Dogs(A) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce[a](B) my hands and my feet.

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  1. Psalm 22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion

10 (A)All nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

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10 All the nations surrounded me,
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.(A)

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