Psalms 2:11
Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
In Context
10And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
Cross References
Psalms 95:1Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.
Psalms 99:1A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.
Philippians 2:12Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence,) with fear and trembling work out your salvation.
Hebrews 12:25See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon the earth, much more shall not we, that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 2:11-12
Warning to the Enemies of Messiah. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. We have here the practical application of this gospel doctrine concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, by way of exhortation to the kings and judges of the earth. They hear that it is in vain to… Read the whole commentary →