Psalms 55:5
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
In Context
4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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 →