Psalm 55:4
Strong's Lexicon
My heart
לִ֭בִּי (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

murmurs
יָחִ֣יל (yā·ḥîl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2342: 1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dance 1a2) to twist, writhe 1a3) to whirl, whirl about 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to dance 1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth 1b3) to wait anxiously 1c) (Pulal) 1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear 1c2) to be brought forth 1d) (Hophal) to be born 1e) (Hithpolel) 1e1) whirling (participle) 1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle) 1e3) to wait longingly 1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

within me,
בְּקִרְבִּ֑י (bə·qir·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7130: 1) midst, among, inner part, middle 1a) inward part 1a1) physical sense 1a2) as seat of thought and emotion 1a3) as faculty of thought and emotion 1b) in the midst, among, from among (of a number of persons) 1c) entrails (of sacrificial animals)

and the terrors
וְאֵימ֥וֹת (wə·’ê·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 367: 1) terror, dread

of death
מָ֝֗וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead 1a) death 1b) death by violence (as a penalty) 1c) state of death, place of death

assail
נָפְל֥וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself 1d) (Pilel) to fall

me.
עָלָֽי׃ (‘ā·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

Young's Literal Translation
My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.

New American Standard Bible
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

King James Bible
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.

New Living Translation
My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me.

English Standard Version
My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

New American Standard Bible
My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

King James Bible
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.

International Standard Version
My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted me.

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

American Standard Version
My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

English Revised Version
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Young's Literal Translation
My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
















Cross References
Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Psalm 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

Psalm 38:8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

Psalm 56:3
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Isaiah 28:19
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Psalm 55:2
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Psalm 55:1
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Psalm 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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