New English Translation
Psalms 55:4
4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
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
2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself, 3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me. My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me. 5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me. 6I say, “I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in 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 absolutely terrified, and you, Lord – how long will this continue?
- Psalms 69:20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
- Psalms 88:3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
- Psalms 102:3For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
- Matthew 26:37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.
- Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.
- John 12:27“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
- Psalms 18:4The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
- Isaiah 38:10“I thought, ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’
- Hebrews 5:7During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
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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