because of the enemy’s words,[a]
because of the pressure[b] of the wicked.
For they bring down disaster on me
and harass me in anger.(A)

My heart shudders within me;(B)
terrors of death sweep over me.
Fear and trembling grip me;
horror has overwhelmed me.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 55:3 Lit voice
  2. 55:3 Or threat, or oppression

    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(A)
    and assail(B) me in their anger.(C)

My heart is in anguish(D) within me;
    the terrors(E) of death have fallen on me.
Fear and trembling(F) have beset me;
    horror(G) has overwhelmed me.

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