New Living Translation
Psalms 55:4
4My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults 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
2Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. 3My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down. My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me. 5Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can’t stop shaking. 6Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!
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 sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?
- Psalms 69:20Their insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. If only one person would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.
- Psalms 88:3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
- Psalms 102:3For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
- Matthew 26:37He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed.
- Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed.
- John 12:27“Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But this is the very reason I came!
- 2 Corinthians 1:8We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.
- Psalms 18:4The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.
- Psalms 116:3Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow.
- Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”
- Hebrews 5:7While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for 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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