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Psalms 55:5

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

KJV

In Deo laudabo sermones meos ; in Deo speravi : non timebo quid faciat mihi caro.

Vulgate

ἐν τῷ θεῷ ἐπαινέσω τοὺς λόγους μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν· ἐν τῷ θεῷ ἤλπισα, οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιήσει μοι σάρξ.

LXX

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

ASV

לִ֭בִּ/י יָחִ֣יל בְּ/קִרְבִּ֑/י וְ/אֵימ֥וֹת מָ֝֗וֶת נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵימָ֑ה
'ymh
noun · 17×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
י
y
noun · 591×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
ן
n
verb · 61×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Prov 18:14 — The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 119:120 — My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
  • Ps 143:4 — Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.