Psalm 55:5 {54:6}
Good News Translation
I am gripped by fear and trembling; I am overcome with horror.

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

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

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.

Fearfulness

Psalm 119:120 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

2 Samuel 15:14 And David said to his servants, that were with him in Jerusalem: Arise and let us flee: for we shall not escape else from the face of Absalom: make haste to go out, lest he come and overtake us, and bring ruin upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.

Job 23:15,16 And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him, I am made pensive with fear. . . .

horror

Psalm 42:6 And my God. My soul is troubled within my self: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermoniim, from the little hill.

Psalm 61:2 To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;

Psalm 88:15,16 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled. . . .

Luke 22:44 And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground.

overwhelmed [heb.

Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
4My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me. 5Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.6And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?…
Cross References
Job 21:6
As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Psalm 56:3
From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.

Psalm 119:120
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Isaiah 21:4
My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

Ezekiel 7:18
And they shall gird themselves with haircloth, and fear shall cover them and shame shall be upon every face, and baldness upon all their heads.

Psalm 55:4
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