Psalms 55:5
Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me—a horror!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
In Context
4My heart, would writhe within me, And, the terrors of Death, have fallen upon me:
6Then I said—Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:
Cross References
Job 6:4For, the arrows of the Almighty, are in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
Job 23:15For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
Psalms 42:6My God! over myself, my soul is cast down,—For this cause, will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 88:15Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!
Isaiah 21:4My heart fluttereth, A horror, terrifieth me,—My twilight of pleasure, hath he turned for me into a time of trembling.
Luke 22:44and, coming to be in an agony, more intensely, was he praying; and his perspiration became, as if great drops of blood, falling upon 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 →