Salmi 55:4

4 Il mio cuore spasima dentro di me e spaventi mortali mi son caduti addosso.

Salmi 55:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 55:4

My heart is sore pained within me
At the civil war in his kingdom; at the battle likely to ensue between his forces and Absalom's, and at the issue of it; see ( Jeremiah 4:19 ) ; this was true of Christ in the garden, when his soul was exceeding sorrowful unto death, and he was in pain, as a woman in travail, as the word ^F17 here used signifies; and on the cross, when his heart, like wax, melted in the midst of his bowels;

and the terrors of death are fallen upon me;
see ( 2 Samuel 15:14 ) ; thus it was with the human nature of Christ, when he desired, if possible, the cup might pass from him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (ynokt) "operuit me", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis; "operit", Cocceius; "obtegit", Junius & Tremellius; "obtexit", Piscator; so Ainsworth.

Salmi 55:4 In-Context

2 Attendi a me, e rispondimi; io non ho requie nel mio lamento, e gemo,

3 per la voce del nemico, per l’oppressione dell’empio; poiché mi gettano addosso delle iniquità e mi perseguitano con furore.

4 Il mio cuore spasima dentro di me e spaventi mortali mi son caduti addosso.

5 Paura e tremito m’hanno assalito, e il terrore mi ha sopraffatto;

6 onde ho detto: Oh avess’io delle ali come la colomba! Me ne volerei via, e troverei riposo.