Psalm 55:4 {54:5}
Good News Translation
I am terrified, and the terrors of death crush me.

New Revised Standard Version
My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Contemporary English Version
My heart is racing fast, and I am afraid of dying.

New American Bible
My heart pounds within me; death’s terrors fall upon me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

My

Psalm 6:3 And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?

Psalm 69:20 In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

Psalm 88:3 For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

Psalm 102:3-5 For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire. . . .

Matthew 26:37,38 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad. . . .

Mark 14:33,34 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy. . . .

John 12:27 Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came unto this hour.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary even of life. . . .

terrors

Psalm 18:4,5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. . . .

Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Isaiah 38:10-13 I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years. . . .

Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.

Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
3At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me. 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.…
Cross References
Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

Psalm 18:5
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.

Psalm 38:8
I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart.

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

Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Isaiah 28:19
Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.

Psalm 55:3
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