Psalms 55:4

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

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Psalms 55:4 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

English Standard Version (ESV)

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

New Living Translation (NLT)

4 My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me.

The Message Bible (MSG)

4 My insides are turned inside out; specters of death have me down.

American Standard Version (ASV)

4 My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

4 My heart is in turmoil. The terrors of death have seized me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

4 My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

4 I feel great pain deep down inside me. The terrors of death are crushing me.

Psalms 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.

FOOTNOTES:

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

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Psalms 55:4 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.

Cross References 2

1. S Psalms 6:3
2. S Job 18:11; Psalms 116:3