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The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me

David speaks about death and Sheol as if they are people who are trying to trap him as a hunter traps an animal. These phrases have similar meanings and are used for emphasis. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)