Psalms 55:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 18:4-5 : 4 The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me. 5 The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
  • Ps 88:3 : 3 For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace. 4 My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. 5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
  • Isa 38:10-13 : 10 “I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’ 11 “I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. 12 My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life. 13 I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
  • Matt 26:37-38 : 37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed. 38 Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”
  • John 12:27 : 27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
  • Ps 6:3 : 3 I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

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    3For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

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    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

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    15I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

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    25For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

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    15Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

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    8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

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    21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

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  • Ps 22:14-15
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  • Job 23:15-16
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    15That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

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    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

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    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

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    22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

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    4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

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    4For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.