Psalm 55:5
New International Version
Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.

New Living Translation
Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can’t stop shaking.

English Standard Version
Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

Berean Standard Bible
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

King James Bible
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

New King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

New American Standard Bible
Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

NASB 1995
Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

NASB 1977
Fear and trembling come upon me; And horror has overwhelmed me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has covered me.

Amplified Bible
Fear and trembling have come upon me; Horror has overwhelmed me.

Christian Standard Bible
Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me.

American Standard Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the shadows of death covered me!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.

Contemporary English Version
I am trembling with fear, completely terrified.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.

English Revised Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Fear and trembling have overcome me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

Good News Translation
I am gripped by fear and trembling; I am overcome with horror.

International Standard Version
Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

Literal Standard Version
Fear and trembling come to me, | And horror covers me.

Majority Standard Bible
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

New American Bible
Fear and trembling overwhelm me; shuddering sweeps over me.

NET Bible
Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

New Revised Standard Version
Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

New Heart English Bible
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

World English Bible
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

Young's Literal Translation
Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. 5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. 6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.…

Cross References
Job 21:6
When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.

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

Psalm 119:120
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

Isaiah 21:4
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.

Ezekiel 7:18
They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.


Treasury of Scripture

Fearfulness and trembling are come on me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

Fearfulness

Psalm 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

2 Samuel 15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

horror

Psalm 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 88:15,16
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted…

overwhelmed [heb.

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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














Verse 5. - Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. A graphic description of the feelings which the apprehension of death naturally excites in a man. Where the expectation of a life beyond the grave was so dim and shadowy as in Judaea at this time, the "horror" of death would be the greater.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Fear
יִרְאָ֣ה (yir·’āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence

and trembling
וָ֭רַעַד (wā·ra·‘aḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7461: A trembling

grip me,
יָ֣בֹא (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and horror
פַּלָּצֽוּת׃ (pal·lā·ṣūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6427: A shuddering

has overwhelmed me.
וַ֝תְּכַסֵּ֗נִי (wat·tə·ḵas·sê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover


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