Psalms 55:4
My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
In Context
5Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
Cross References
Psalms 6:3My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD—how long?
Psalms 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Matthew 26:37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause.
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 →