Psalm 55:4
New International Version
My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.

New Living Translation
My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me.

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

Berean Standard Bible
My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

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

New King James Version
My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

New American Standard Bible
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

NASB 1995
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

NASB 1977
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Legacy Standard Bible
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Amplified Bible
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Christian Standard Bible
My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And awe has fallen upon me,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.

Contemporary English Version
My heart is racing fast, and I am afraid of dying.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My heart is in turmoil. The terrors of death have seized me.

Good News Translation
I am terrified, and the terrors of death crush me.

International Standard Version
My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
My heart doth writhe within me; And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Literal Standard Version
My heart is pained within me, | And terrors of death have fallen on me.

Majority Standard Bible
My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

New American Bible
My heart pounds within me; death’s terrors fall upon me.

NET Bible
My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

New Revised Standard Version
My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

New Heart English Bible
My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

Webster's Bible Translation
My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

World English Bible
My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

Young's Literal Translation
My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

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Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger. 4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. 5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.…

Cross References
Psalm 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 38:8
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Isaiah 28:19
As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night." The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.


Treasury of Scripture

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

My

Psalm 6:3
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

Psalm 69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Psalm 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

terrors

Psalm 18:4,5
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid…

Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Isaiah 38:10-13
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years…

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Psalm 55
1. David in his prayer complains of his fearful case
9. He prays against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complains
16. He comforts himself in God's preservation oh him, and confusion of his enemies














(4) Is sore pained.--Better, writhes with pain.

Terrors of death--i.e., terrors caused by death, a horror of death.

Verse 4. - My heart is sore pained within me. The attacks of his enemies (ver. 3) deeply grieve and pain the heart of the psalmist. It is not as if they were foreigners, whose hostility was to be expected. They are his own countrymen; one of them is his own familiar friend (ver. 12). Yet they threaten his life. And the terrors of death are fallen upon ms. When a king is the object of a conspiracy, he well knows, especially in the East, that nothing but his death will satisfy the conspirators. So on David, long before he made up his mind to quit Jerusalem (2 Samuel 15:14), the "terrors of death" must have fallen.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My heart
לִ֭בִּי (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

murmurs
יָחִ֣יל (yā·ḥîl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

within me,
בְּקִרְבִּ֑י (bə·qir·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

and the terrors
וְאֵימ֥וֹת (wə·’ê·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 367: Fright, an idol

of death
מָ֝֗וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

assail
נָפְל֥וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

me.
עָלָֽי׃ (‘ā·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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