Psalms 55:4-5

4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.

5 Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.

Psalms 55:4-5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 55:4-5 In-Context

2 hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

3 because 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.

4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.

5 Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.

6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

7 I would flee far away and stay in the desert;

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 6:3
• 2. S Job 18:11; Psalms 116:3
• 3. S Job 4:14; S 2 Corinthians 7:15; Job 21:6; Psalms 119:120
• 4. Deuteronomy 28:67; Isaiah 21:4; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:5; Ezekiel 7:18