Psalms 55:5
Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
In Context
4Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.
Job 23:15Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
Psalms 42:6My God, my soule is cast downe within me, because I remember thee, from the land of Iorden, and Hermonim, and from the mount Mizar.
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
Isaiah 21:4Mine heart failed: fearefulnesse troubled me: the night of my pleasures hath he turned into feare vnto me.
Luke 22:44But being in an agonie, hee prayed more earnestly: and his sweate was like drops of blood, trickling downe 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 →