Tree of Life Version
Psalms 55:5
5My heart shudders within me and the terrors of death sweep over 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
3Listen to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint and moan— 4because of the voice of the enemy, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they thrust trouble on me, and in anger bear a grudge against me. My heart shudders within me and the terrors of death sweep over me. 6Fear and trembling come upon me and horror has overwhelmed me. 7So I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
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 shudders for fear of You, and I am in awe of Your judgments.
- 2 Samuel 15:14Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Leave in haste or else he will overtake us quickly and bring disaster down on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
- Job 6:4For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
- Job 23:15That is why I am terrified at His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
- Psalms 42:6Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you murmuring within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, for the salvation of His presence.
- Psalms 61:2Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer.
- Psalms 88:15Adonai, why do You spurn me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
- Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He was praying fervently; and His sweat was like drops of blood falling down on 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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