Psalms 55:4
My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
In Context
5Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Cross References
Psalms 6:3And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long?
Psalms 42:10As with a crushing in my bones mine adversaries reproach me, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
Psalms 116:3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
Matthew 26:37And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
John 12:27Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But on account of this have I come 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 →