Psalms 55:4
My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
Young's Literal Translation
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 come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
Cross References
Psalms 6:3And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?
Psalms 42:10With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God?'
Psalms 88:3For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
Psalms 116:3Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
Matthew 26:37And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;
John 12:27'Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say — Father, save me from this hour? — but because of this 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 →