Psalm 55:4
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Cross-reference
Psalm 18:4 uses cords of death encompassing, reinforcing the imagery of death's terrors here.
Psalm 18:5 uses the same 'cords of death' imagery — both describe being overwhelmed by mortal fear.
In Psalm 69:20, the same heartbreak and lack of comfort deepens the picture of isolation and anguish.
Psalm 88:3 describes a soul full of troubles and near death, echoing the terrors of death here.
Psalm 102:3-5 adds physical wasting and a stricken heart, intensifying the distress described.
Psalm 116:3 echoes the same 'cords of death' and anguish — a parallel expression of mortal distress.
Psalm 56:3 pairs fear with trust — a parallel response to the psalmist's terror here.
Psalm 42:5 expresses similar inner turmoil and self-encouragement — a parallel lament with a turn to hope.
Psalm 77:3 describes groaning and fainting spirit — a parallel expression of deep distress.
Psalm 102:4 depicts a heart blighted like grass — a parallel image of withering distress.
Hebrews 5:7 shows Jesus' anguished prayers mirroring the psalmist's terror of death — a typological connection.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10 describes despair of life and sentence of death, a NT parallel to the psalmist's terror.
John 12:27 has Jesus say his soul is troubled, connecting his impending passion to the psalmist's anguish.
Mark 14:34 records Jesus' soul sorrowful to death, paralleling the psalmist's experience of death's terrors.
Mark 14:33 shows Jesus greatly distressed and troubled, a NT echo of this psalm's heart anguish.
Matthew 26:38 has Jesus say his soul is sorrowful to death, directly mirroring the terrors of death here.
Isaiah 38:10-13 records Hezekiah's similar terror of death — both cry out from the brink of the grave.
Hebrews 2:15 reveals that Christ frees believers from the fear of death that David here experiences—a deliverance from this terror.
Job 18:14 personifies death as the 'king of terrors' — a parallel image of death's dread.
Genesis 32:7 describes Jacob's fear and distress before meeting Esau — a similar emotional state of terror.
Ezekiel 7:18 describes trembling and shame on the day of the Lord's wrath, mirroring David's terror of death.