the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Psalms 119:120
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My flesh quakes for dread of You,And I am afraid of Your judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.
My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes.
My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.
My flesh has shivered because of Your fear; and I have feared Your judgments.
I am shaking with fear before you. I fear and respect your judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afraide of thy Iudgements.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trebleth for feare of the, and I am afrayed of thy iudgmetes.
My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You, And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
My flesh trembles for fear of you; And I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
I tremble all over when I think of you and the way you judge.
My body trembles for fear of you; your rulings make me afraid.
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
My flesh shrinks for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
I tremble in fear of you; I stand in awe of your regulations.
My flesh shakes in fear of You, and I am afraid of how You may punish.
Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
(118-120) Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh trembles from the fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.
I shake in fear of you; I respect your laws.
Because of you I am afraid; I am filled with fear because of your judgments.
I tremble in awe of You; I fear Your judgments.
Naile thou my fleischis with thi drede; for Y dredde of thi domes.
My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My flesh: Psalms 119:53, Leviticus 10:1-3, 1 Samuel 6:20, 2 Samuel 6:8, 2 Samuel 6:9, 1 Chronicles 24:16, 1 Chronicles 24:17, 1 Chronicles 24:30, 2 Chronicles 34:21, 2 Chronicles 34:27, Isaiah 66:2, Daniel 10:8-11, Habakkuk 3:16, Philippians 2:12, Hebrews 12:21, Hebrews 12:28, Hebrews 12:29, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 1:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:10 - and I was Exodus 14:31 - feared Exodus 15:11 - fearful Leviticus 10:3 - I will be 1 Kings 13:26 - the man 2 Kings 22:19 - thine heart 1 Chronicles 13:12 - afraid of God 1 Chronicles 21:30 - he was afraid 2 Chronicles 27:2 - he entered not Ezra 10:3 - of those that Job 4:14 - Fear Job 9:28 - afraid Job 13:11 - Shall Job 13:21 - let not Job 21:6 - Even when Job 23:15 - General Job 31:23 - destruction Job 37:1 - General Psalms 2:11 - rejoice Psalms 52:6 - and fear Psalms 55:5 - Fearfulness Psalms 119:43 - for I have Proverbs 14:16 - feareth Jeremiah 5:22 - Fear ye not Ezekiel 11:13 - Then Daniel 6:26 - tremble Hosea 6:5 - and thy judgments are as Hosea 11:10 - shall tremble Joel 2:1 - let Habakkuk 3:2 - I have Matthew 10:28 - him Acts 5:5 - great Acts 16:29 - and came Acts 24:25 - Felix 2 Corinthians 7:15 - with 1 John 4:18 - fear hath
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee,.... Not for fear of the wrath of God coming down upon himself, nor for fear of eternal damnation; but for fear of what was coming upon the wicked, for their sins and transgressions. The word n used signifies such a dread and horror, which seizes a man to such a degree, that it makes the hair of his flesh to stand up; as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; see Psalms 119:53 Job 4:14;
and I am afraid of thy judgments; not of their coming down upon him, but upon the wicked; the thought of which is more awful to good men than to the wicked themselves; and especially when under any darkness, doubts, and fears; lest, being conscious to themselves of their own weakness, they should be left to join with the wicked in their sins, and so be partakers of their plagues.
n סמר ορθοτριχει, Symmachus in Drusius; "horripilavit", Cajetanus apud Gejerum.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee - I stand in awe of thee. I shudder at the consciousness of thy presence. See Habakkuk 3:16; Hebrews 12:21; Joel 2:10; Nahum 1:5. There is nothing unaccountable in this. Any man would tremble, should God manifest himself to him as he might do; and it is possible that the mind may have such an overpowering sense of the presence and majesty of God, that the body shall be agitated, lose its strength, and with the deepest alarm fall to the earth. Compare Daniel 10:8; Revelation 1:17. No man could meet one of the departed dead, or a good angel, without this fear; how much less could he meet God!
And I am afraid of thy judgments - Of thy laws or commands. My mind is filled with awe at the strictness, the spirituality, the severity of thy law. Reverence - awe - is one of the essential elements of all true religion.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 119:120. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee — I know thou art a just and holy God: I know thou requirest truth in the inner parts. I know that thou art a Spirit, and that they who worship thee must worship thee in spirit and in truth; and I am often alarmed lest I fall short. It is only an assurance of my interest in thy mercy that can save me from distressing fears and harassing doubts. It is our privilege to know we are in God's favour; and it is not less so to maintain a continual filial fear of offending him. A true conception of God's justice and mercy begets reverence.
ANALYSIS OF LETTER SAMECH. - Fifteenth Division
In this section the psalmist -
I. Declares his hatred to wickedness, and his detestation of wicked men.
II. Expresses his love to God's law.
III. Prays for grace to sustain him in the observance of it.
IV. Foretells the destruction of the wicked.
I. "I hate vain thoughts;" not only evil itself, but the thought that leads to it.
II. 1. "Thy law do I love:" I strive to keep every affection exercised on its proper object.
2. This is my privilege: for thou art, 1. "My hiding-place," that public evils may not reach me; and 2. "My shield," to ward off the fiery darts of the wicked one.
3. To God, therefore, and his word, he would adhere in all extremities; and would have no communion with the wicked. 1. These he would drive away as the pests of piety: "Depart from me." 2. Because he would "keep the commandments of God," while the others were bent on breaking them.
III. He prays for the grace of God to sustain him.
1. "Uphold me:" if thou do not, I fall.
2. "Hold thou me up:" for I am falling. One part of this prayer is against the occurrence of evil; the other, against evil as actually taking place.
IV. He foretells the destruction of wicked men.
1. "Thou hast trodden down:" they who tread thy commandments under their feet shall be trodden down under thy feet. The first treading shall bring on the second.
2. They deceive themselves in supposing thou wilt not resent this. This is a deception, and a dangerous one too, for it is against the most positive declarations of thy truth, therefore it is falsehood.
3. This is most certain, for "thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross;" they are utterly vile, and of no account in thy sight.
4. "Therefore I love thy testimonies." And for this, among others reasons, that I may avoid their judgments.
5. Foreseeing the judgments to fall on the wicked, it was necessary that he should be filled with a salutary fear. 1. "My flesh trembleth." Happy is he who by other men's harms learns to be wise. 2. We should work out our salvation with fear and trembling. God is holy and just as well as merciful; therefore we should fear before him. 3. Because he saw those judgments coming on the wicked, he desired to be established in God's holy fear. In all cases the old proverb is true: "Too much familiarity breeds contempt."
