God’s Word Translation
Psalms 55:5
5Fear and trembling have overcome me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
Psalms 55:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- New International Version (NIV)Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
Context of Psalms 55:5
3because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger. 4My heart is in turmoil. The terrors of death have seized me. Fear and trembling have overcome me. Horror has overwhelmed me. 6I said, “If only I had wings like a dove— I would fly away and find rest. 7Indeed, I would run far away. I would stay in the desert. Selah
Read all of Psalms 55Psalms 55:5 word by word
יִרְאָ֣ה וָ֭רַעַד יָ֣בֹא בִ֑י וַ֝תְּכַסֵּ֗נִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 55:5
- Psalms 119:120My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.
- 2 Samuel 15:14David told all his men who were with him in Jerusalem, “Let’s flee immediately, or none of us will escape from Absalom. Let’s leave right away, or he’ll catch up to us and bring disaster on us when he massacres the city.”
- Job 6:4because the arrows of the Almighty ⌞have found their target⌟ in me, and my spirit is drinking their poison. God’s terrors line up in battle against me.
- Job 23:15That is why I’m terrified of him. When I think of it, I’m afraid of him.
- Psalms 42:6My soul is discouraged. That is why I will remember you in the land of Jordan, on the peaks of Hermon, on Mount Mizar.
- Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth, I call to you when I begin to lose heart. Lead me to the rock that is high above me.
- Psalms 88:15Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
- Luke 22:44So he prayed very hard in anguish. His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Commentaries on Psalms 55:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Fearfulness - How natural is this description! He is in distress; - he mourns; - makes a noise; - sobs and sighs; - his heart is wounded - he expects nothing but death; - this produces fear; - this produces tremor, which terminates in that deep apprehension of approaching and inevitable ruin that overwhelms him with horror. No man ever described a wounded heart like David.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Fearfulness and trembling - Fear so great as to produce trembling. Compare the notes at Job 4:14. He knew not when these things would end. How far the spirit of rebellion had spread he knew not, and he had no means of ascertaining. It seemed as if he would be wholly overthrown; as if his power was wholly at an end; as if even his life was in the greatest peril. And horror hath overwhelmed me - Margin, as in Hebrew, “covered me.” That is; it had come upon…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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