“"The sorrows of death," he says, "have compassed me; and the perils of hell have found me." Properly the sorrows of death have been agreed on as the pains of childbirth, when the womb, distended with its burden, thrusts out the fetus; then, the generative parts, being compressed and stretched around the fetus by spasm…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 22
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3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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1I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
— Psalms 116:3 —
4Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.