King James Version

Psalms 55:4

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 55:5.

לִ֭בִּיlibicomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…יָחִ֣ילyachildanceחוּלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dance”, an unfinished actionH2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervertbear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarr…בְּקִרְבִּ֑יbeqirbiin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…וְאֵימ֥וֹתveeymotand idolאֵימָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and idol”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH367fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.מָ֝֗וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).נָפְל֥וּnafelvfallנָפַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…עָלָֽיalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(55-5) My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Young’s Literal Translation

My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

World English Bible

My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

Darby Translation

My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Douay-Rheims

From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(55-5) My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ καρδία μου ἐταράχθη ἐν ἐμοὶ, καὶ δειλία θανάτου ἐπέπεσεν ἐπʼ ἐμέ.