Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
In Context
119All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
121I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:20The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
2 Samuel 6:9That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
1 Chronicles 24:16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
2 Chronicles 34:21“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Psalms 88:16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:119-121
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. Here is, I. God's judgment on wicked people, on those that wander from his statutes, that take their measures from other rules and will not have God to reign over them. All departure from God's statutes is certainly an error, and will prove a fatal one.… Read the whole commentary →