King James Version (KJV)
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Modern English
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
Hebrew
אֲפָפ֗וּנִי חֶ֫בְלֵי מָ֥וֶת וְנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַעֲתֽוּנִי׃
ʾapapvniy ḥebley mavet vnaḥaley bliyaʿal ybaʿatvniy