me.tsar denotes constricting distress or terror in scenes of pursuit, death, and a plea for deliverance.

The occurrences depict a constricting experience of terror or distress: pursuers overtake Judah, death’s cords encompass the speaker, and distress prompts a call for relief.

1. Constricting terror or distress · dominant

   In Lamentations 1:3, the plural form stands in the setting where pursuers overtake Judah; the APB renders the closing phrase “between the terrors.” In Psalm 116:3, the plural construct form occurs beside death’s cords encompassing the speaker, while Psalm 118:5 uses the singular in the speaker’s call to the LORD; the APB renders these verses with “terrors” and “distress.”

   Lamentations 1:3Psalm 116:3Psalm 118:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with “terrors” in Lamentations 1:3 and Psalm 116:3, and “distress” in Psalm 118:5. These renderings indicate the verses’ presentation rather than fixed word-for-word equivalents.