Psalms 55:4
2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
- KJV
- My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
- WEB
- My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
- ASV
- My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
- DARBY
- My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
- BLB
- My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
- ÅB
- Mitt hjerte bever i mitt bryst, og dødens redsler er falt på meg.
- OTB
- Mitt hjerte er dypt såret i meg,
Og dødens redsler har grepet meg. - B1930
- Mitt hjerte bever i mitt bryst, og dødens redsler er falt på mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 116:3
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
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He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
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We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
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During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
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The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Read in contextPsalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Read in contextPsalms 6:3
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
Read in contextPsalms 69:20
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
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