Psalms 55:5
Fear and trembling have seized me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
In Context
4My heart trembleth in my bosom, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
6Then I say, O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 23:15Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Psalms 42:6My soul is cast down within me, While I remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermon, From the mountain Mizar.
Psalms 88:15I have been afflicted and languishing from my youth; I suffer thy terrors, and am distracted.
Isaiah 21:4My heart panteth, Terror hath seized upon me; The evening of my desire is changed into horror.
Luke 22:44And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly. And his sweat was as it were great 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 →