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Psalms 55:4
4My heart beats fast inside me. Death seems very near, and I am very afraid.
Psalms 55:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
- New International Version (NIV)My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Context of Psalms 55:4
2Listen carefully and answer me. I am very upset because of all my troubles. They are too many for me. 3I am afraid because of what my enemies say. Those wicked people give me much pain. They are so angry that they hate me and they give me nothing but trouble. My heart beats fast inside me. Death seems very near, and I am very afraid. 5I am shaking with fear! My troubles are too much for me. 6So I say, ‘If I had wings to fly like a dove, I would fly away to a safe place.
Read all of Psalms 55Psalms 55:4 word by word
לִ֭בִּי יָחִ֣יל בְּקִרְבִּ֑י וְאֵימ֥וֹת מָ֝֗וֶת נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 55:4
- Psalms 6:3I am very frightened. Lord, when will you do something to help me?
- Psalms 69:20When they insult me, it makes me very upset. I feel helpless. I hoped that someone would be kind and help me, but there was nobody. I wanted someone to comfort me, but I did not find anyone.
- Psalms 88:3There is a lot of trouble in my life. I feel that I am near to death.
- Psalms 102:3My life is quickly disappearing, like smoke from a fire. My bones hurt very much, as if they were burning in an oven.
- Matthew 26:37Then Jesus took Peter and Zebedee's two sons, James and John, with him. He became very sad and upset.
- Mark 14:33Jesus took Peter, James and John with him. He started to feel very sad and upset.
- John 12:27Now I have trouble in my mind. What will I say? I might say, “Father, save me from this time of trouble!” But this difficult time is the purpose for which I came to the world.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8Our Christian friends, we want you to know about the trouble that we had in Asia. Those troubles were very painful. We ourselves were not strong enough to continue. We even thought that we would die.
- Psalms 18:4Death was near enough to catch me! Danger was like a river that poured over me.
- Psalms 116:3The danger of death was very near to me. I became afraid of the deep hole of death. I was very sad and upset.
- Isaiah 38:10I thought that I might die in the middle of my life. I thought that I would go into the deep hole of death, before I had lived all the years of my life.
- Hebrews 5:7When Jesus Christ lived on earth as a man, he often prayed to God. He asked God to help him. He prayed strongly and he cried loudly with many tears. He knew that God could save him from death. And God listened to Jesus when he prayed, because Jesus served God.
Commentaries on Psalms 55:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The terrors of death are fallen upon me - I am in hourly expectation of being massacred.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4My heart is sore pained within me - Heavy and sad; that is, I am deeply afflicted. The word rendered is “sore pained,” means properly to turn round; to twist; to dance in a circle; to be whirled round; and then to twist or writhe with pain, especially applied to a woman in travail, Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 23:4; Isaiah 26:18. Here the idea is, that he was in deep distress and anguish. It is easy to see that this would be so, if the psalm refers to the revolt…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8In the experience of deep anguish, the psalmist confesses that his adversity has become unbearable and he seeks an escape.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. express great alarm.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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