Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me. Like house breakers these robbers were entering his soul. Like one who feels a fainting fit coming over him, so the oppressed suppliant was falling into a state of terror. His fear was so great as to make him tremble. He did not know what would happen next, or how soon the worst should come.
Prayer is a salve for every sore and relief under every burden. David begs God what he could not obtain from Saul or his enemies: to hear and answer him. His tears and groans, great griefs that cannot be stifled, spring from the enemy's menaces and insults, much as the mob was stirred against the Son of David to cry, Crucify Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 55:1-8
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,.... Fear and dread of mind, and trembling of body; and horror hath overwhelmed me; or "covered me"; he was in the utmost consternation and surprise at what he apprehended would be the issue of things; so Christ in the garden is said to be "sore amazed", Mar 14:33; all which terror, fearfulness, trembling, and horror, arose from a...