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New King James Version

Psalms 55:5

Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fear, Unholy;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fearfulness;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fear;   Horror;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Fear and trembling grip me;horror has overwhelmed me.
Hebrew Names Version
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
King James Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
English Standard Version
Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
New Century Version
I am scared and shaking, and terror grips me.
New English Translation
Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.
Amplified Bible
Fear and trembling have come upon me; Horror has overwhelmed me.
New American Standard Bible
Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
World English Bible
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Fear and trembling come upon me,And horror has covered me.
Berean Standard Bible
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Contemporary English Version
I am trembling with fear, completely terrified.
Complete Jewish Bible
My heart within me is pounding in anguish, the terrors of death press down on me,
Darby Translation
Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am trembling with fear. I am terrified!
George Lamsa Translation
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and the shadow of death has overwhelmed me.
Good News Translation
I am gripped by fear and trembling; I am overcome with horror.
Lexham English Bible
Fear and trembling come on me, and horror overwhelms me.
Literal Translation
Fear and trembling come on me; and horror has covered me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And I sayde: O that I had wynges like a doue, that I might fle somwhere, and be at rest.
American Standard Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
Bible in Basic English
Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
King James Version (1611)
Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon me, and horrour hath ouerwhelmed me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Fearefulnes and trembling are come vpon me: and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.
English Revised Version
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Drede and trembling camen on me; and derknessis hiliden me.
Update Bible Version
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
New Living Translation
Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can't stop shaking.
New Life Bible
I have begun shaking with fear. Fear has power over me.
New Revised Standard
Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me - a horror!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(54-6) Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
Revised Standard Version
Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
Young's Literal Translation
Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

Contextual Overview

1 To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. [fn] A Contemplation [fn] of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God,And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. 2 Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. 6 So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. 7 Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness.Selah 8 I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Fearfulness: Psalms 119:120, 2 Samuel 15:14, Job 6:4, Job 23:15, Job 23:16

horror: Psalms 42:6, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 88:15, Psalms 88:16, Luke 22:44

overwhelmed: Heb. covered

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:33 - trembled very exceedingly Genesis 32:7 - greatly Job 3:17 - the wicked Psalms 42:5 - Why art thou cast down Psalms 56:3 - General Psalms 77:3 - spirit Psalms 102:4 - heart Psalms 143:4 - is my spirit Proverbs 18:14 - but Isaiah 24:5 - broken Ezekiel 7:18 - and horror

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,.... Fear and dread of mind, and trembling of body;

and horror hath overwhelmed me; or "covered me"; he was in the utmost consternation and surprise at what he apprehended would be the issue of things; so Christ in the garden is said to be "sore amazed", Mark 14:33; all which terror, fearfulness, trembling, and horror, arose from a sense of sin imputed to him, even of all the sins of his people, the faith of which must be nauseous to him, and the guilt thereof pressing upon him; and from a feeling of the wrath of God, and the curse of the law, which he endured in the room and stead of his people; and this shows the truth of his human nature, and the weakness and insufficiency of that, without his divine nature, to have performed the great work of redemption; also the evil of sin, the exceeding sinfulness of it, and the strictness of divine justice; and likewise the wonderful love of Christ in becoming a surety for his people, and what ease and pleasure they may take; all the pain, the trembling, and horror, were his, and all the joy is theirs.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fearfulness and trembling - Fear so great as to produce trembling. Compare the notes at Job 4:14. He knew not when these things would end. How far the spirit of rebellion had spread he knew not, and he had no means of ascertaining. It seemed as if he would be wholly overthrown; as if his power was wholly at an end; as if even his life was in the greatest peril.

And horror hath overwhelmed me - Margin, as in Hebrew, “covered me.” That is; it had come upon him so as to cover or envelop him entirely. The shades of horror and despair spread all around and above him, and all things were filled with gloom. The word rendered “horror” occurs only in three other places; - Ezekiel 7:18, rendered (as here) “horror;” Job 21:6, rendered “trembling;” and Isaiah 21:4, rendered “fearfulness.” It refers to that state when we are deeply agitated with fear.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 55:5. Fearfulness — How natural is this description! He is in distress; - he mourns; - makes a noise; - sobs and sighs; - his heart is wounded - he expects nothing but death; - this produces fear; - this produces tremor, which terminates in that deep apprehension of approaching and inevitable ruin that overwhelms him with horror. No man ever described a wounded heart like David.


 
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