Psalms 55:5
In God I will praise my words; 1 All the day have I hoped in God; 1 I will not fear what flesh shall do to me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
In Context
4They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee. 1
6All the day long they have abominated my words; 1 All their devices are against me for evil. 1
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, 1 Whose violence drinks up my blood: 1 Whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. 1
Job 23:15a Therefore let me take good heed before him: 1 I will consider, and be afraid of him. 1
Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: 1 Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 1
Isaiah 21:4My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.
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 →