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Psalms 55:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}”
Psalms 55:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest.
Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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