Psalms 55:4
My heart trembleth in my bosom, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Noyes Bible
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 have seized me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
Cross References
Psalms 6:3My soul, also, is sore troubled; And thou, O LORD! how long—?
Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones are the reproaches of the enemy, While they say to me continually, “Where is thy God?”
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of misery, And my life draweth near to the underworld.
Psalms 116:3The snares of death encompassed me, And the pains of the underworld seized upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
Matthew 26:37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to he sorrowful and full of anguish.
John 12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour! But for this cause 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 →