King James Version
Psalms 55:4 in the King James Version says “My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 55 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.”
Psalms 55:4 · KJV
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“is sore pained”
H2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e., (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fi
“within”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“of death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
“are fallen”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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