Psalms 55:5 · KJV
“Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}”
— Psalms 55:5
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest.
Psalms 55 — Context
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest.
7Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Job 21:6
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Psalms 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. {the hill...: or, the little hill}
Psalms 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.
Isaiah 21:4
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. {heart...: or, mind wandered} {turned: Heb. put}
Ezekiel 7:18
They shall also gird {themselves} with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame {shall be} upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Job 23:15-16
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.