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- Chapter 55
- Verse 5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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Gill's Exposition
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,.... Fear and dread of mind, and trembling of body;
and horror hath overwhelmed me; or "covered me"; he was in the utmost consternation and surprise at…
Barnes' Notes
Fearfulness and trembling - Fear so great as to produce trembling. Compare the notes at Job 4:14. He knew not when these things would end. How far the spirit of rebellion had spread he knew not, and…
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…
Cambridge Bible
horror hath overwhelmed me The same phrase as in Eze 7:18, "horror shall cover them." The word occurs besides only in Job 21:6; Isa 21:4.
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