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Cast Your Burden upon the LORD

Psalms 55:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
KJV
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.overwhelmed: Heb. covered
WEB
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
ASV
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
LSV
Fear and trembling come to me, || And horror covers me.
YLT
Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
DBY
Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
DRC54:6
Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
GNV
Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.
JPS55:6
Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
LXXE54:6
Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.

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Original-language editions

WLC55:6
יִרְאָ֣ה וָ֭רַעַד יָ֣בֹא בִ֑י וַ֝תְּכַסֵּ֗נִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃KJV:Ps.55.5
LXX-Br54:6
Φόβος καὶ τρόμος ἦλθεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐκάλυψέ με σκότος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
  • Job 21:6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
  • Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
  • Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
  • Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
  • Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
  • 2 Samuel 15:14And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the…
  • Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • Psalms 88:15–16From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
  • Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Job 23:15–16Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 55:6 in some Bibles
  • 55:5 in most Bibles

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