Psalms 54:5

5 cor meum conturbatum est in me et formido mortis cecidit super me

Psalms 54:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 54:5

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies
That eyed him as Saul did; that observed his haunts, where he resorted, and who were with him, as the Ziphites did under Saul's direction; as the Word F13 here used for "enemies" signifies: the mischief they had devised for him, he believed, would be returned upon their own heads; the pit they digged they would fall into themselves; and the net they had spread for others their own feet would be taken in. This was true as of David's enemies, so of Christ's, the wicked Jews, who narrowly watched him to take every advantage against him;

cut them off in thy truth;
root and branch, as Saul, and his family, and his courtiers, quickly were, according to the truth of promises made to David, and of threatenings unto them.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 (yrrvl) "observatoribus meis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Psalms 54:5 In-Context

3 intende mihi et exaudi me contristatus sum in exercitatione mea et conturbatus sum
4 a voce inimici et a tribulatione peccatoris quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitatem et in ira molesti erant mihi
5 cor meum conturbatum est in me et formido mortis cecidit super me
6 timor et tremor venit super me et contexit me tenebra
7 et dixi quis dabit mihi pinnas sicut columbae et volabo et requiescam
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.