KJV:
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
NASB:
The cords of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
KJV:
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
NASB:
The cords of the wicked have encircled me, But I have not forgotten Your law.
KJV:
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
NASB:
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.
KJV:
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
NASB:
His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
KJV:
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
NASB:
Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
KJV:
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
NASB:
Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;
KJV:
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
NASB:
They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame.
KJV:
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
NASB:
As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains, Thus were we before You, O LORD.
KJV:
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
NASB:
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation, A tent which will not be folded; Its stakes will never be pulled up, Nor any of its cords be torn apart.
KJV:
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
NASB:
Your tackle hangs slack; It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly, Nor spread out the sail. Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided; The lame will take the plunder.