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Psalms 55:5
5Fear and trembling have beset 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can’t stop shaking.
Context of Psalms 55:5
3because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger. 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. 6I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. 7I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
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 flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
- 2 Samuel 15:14Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”
- Job 6:4The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
- Job 23:15That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
- Psalms 42:6My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
- Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Psalms 88:15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
- Luke 22:44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was 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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