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Psalm 55

Psa. 55:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is sore pained
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
within
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
me: and the terrors
'eymah (Hebrew #367)
from the same as 366; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
KJV usage: dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.
Pronounce: ay-maw'
Origin: or (shortened) remah {ay-maw'}
u of death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
are fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
upon me.
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Psa. 116:3• 3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow: (Psa. 116:3)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 6:3• 3And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long? (Psa. 6:3)
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Psa. 69:20• 20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. (Psa. 69:20)
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Psa. 88:3• 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol. (Psa. 88:3)
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Psa. 102:3‑5• 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
 4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
 5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. (Psa. 102:3‑5)
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Matt. 26:37‑38• 37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
 38Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me. (Matt. 26:37‑38)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
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John 12:27• 27Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But on account of this have I come to this hour. (John 12:27)
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2 Cor. 1:8‑10• 8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.
 9But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
 10who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver; (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)
terrors.
Psa. 18:4‑5• 4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
 5The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me. (Psa. 18:4‑5)
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Psa. 116:3• 3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow: (Psa. 116:3)
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Isa. 38:10‑13• 10I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
 11I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.
 12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum:--from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
 13I kept still until the morning; … as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me. (Isa. 38:10‑13)
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Heb. 5:7• 7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;) (Heb. 5:7)
• Within, the heart of the godly man is sore distressed; without he is faced with death. (“Psalms 55” by H. Smith)
• The godly remnant are overwhelmed with discouragement (vs. 4-5). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.