Psalms 55:4
My heart is greatly pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
In Context
5Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Cross References
Psalms 6:3My soul also is greatly troubled. And thou, O LORD, how long?
Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me; while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death encompassed me, and the pains of Sheol got hold upon me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Matthew 26:37And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and distressed.
John 12:27Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But because of this I came to this hour.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:2-9
Supplications of David in Distress. 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings… Read the whole commentary →