⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men [1] made me afraid.

⁴ The cords of death surrounded me.
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁴ The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁴ The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.