Psalms 55:5
Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
In Context
4My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
6And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,
Cross References
Job 6:4For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
Job 23:15Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Psalms 42:6In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 88:15I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors — I pine away.
Isaiah 21:4Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,
Luke 22:44and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, 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 →