🎵WEB · Psalms 55:5
What does Psalms 55:5 mean?
"Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me."
— Psalms 55:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.
“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”
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Biblical perspective
What does 555 mean in the Bible?
The number 555 has no specific meaning in Scripture. The Bible does speak extensively about change, transition, and trusting God through seasons of uncertainty — which is often what people are really asking about.
Isaiah 55:8-9 is a passage about God's ways being higher than human understanding — a much more grounded answer to the question of what's coming next.
Isaiah 55:8
"'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,' says Yahweh."
Proverbs 3:5
"Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding."
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