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Psalms 55:4

Psalms 55:4
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

My heart is sore pained within me,.... At the civil war in his kingdom; at the battle likely to ensue between his forces and Absalom's, and at the issue of it; see Jer 4:19; this was true of Christ in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

My heart is sore pained within me - Heavy and sad; that is, I am deeply afflicted. The word rendered is “sore pained,” means properly to turn round; to twist; to dance in a circle; to be whirled…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 55:1-8

In these verses we have,

I. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore and a relief to the spirit under every burden: Give ear to my prayer, O God! Psa 55:1, Psa 55:2. He does not set down the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

terrors of death Such terrors as the presence of Death, "the king of terrors," inspires.