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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• 3Bands of death compassed me,{HR}And straits of Sheol seized me:{HR}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 is greatly terrified;{HR}And thou, O Jehovah, how long? (Psa. 6:3)
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Psa. 69:20• 20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed;{HR}And I looked for mourning, and [there was] none,{HR}And for comforters, and found none. (Psa. 69:20)
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Psa. 88:3• 3For my soul is full of troubles,{HR}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,{HR}And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
 4My heart is smitten as grass and dried up;{HR}For I forget to eat my bread.
 5From the voice of my groaning{HR}My bone cleaveth to my flesh. (Psa. 102:3‑5)
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Matt. 26:37‑38• 37{i}And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.{/i}
 38{i}Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.{/i} (Matt. 26:37‑38)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33{i}And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be{/i} amazed and deeply depressed.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; tarry 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 came I unto this hour. (John 12:27)
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2 Cor. 1:8‑10• 8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation that came to pass d in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond power, so as for us to despair even of our living.
 9But we ourselves have had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God that raiseth the dead,
 10who delivered us from so great a death, and doth e deliver, in whom we have hope that he will also yet deliver, (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)
terrors.
Psa. 18:4‑5• 4Pains of death encompassed me,{HR}And streams of wickedness terrify me.
 5Pains of Sheol surrounded me,{HR}Snares of death fell upon me. (Psa. 18:4‑5)
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Psa. 116:3• 3Bands of death compassed me,{HR}And straits of Sheol seized me:{HR}I found trouble and sorrow; (Psa. 116:3)
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Isa. 38:10‑13• 10I said, In the still noon of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the residue of my years.
 11I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. I shall not behold man longer with the inhabitants of the world.
 12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled off like a weaver my life; from the thrum he cutteth me off; from day to night wilt thou make an end of me.
 13I kept still till morning: as a lion he breaketh all my bones; from day to night he will 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 that was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears, and having been heard because of his godly fear, (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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My heart is writhing within me,{HR}And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.