Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
In Context
119Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies.
121'AYIN. I have executed justice and righteousness: leave me not to those who oppress me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom shall it go up away from us?
2 Samuel 6:9And David was afraid of the Lord on that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
1 Chronicles 24:16For Pethachyah the nineteenth, for Ezekiel the twentieth.
2 Chronicles 34:21Go ye, inquire of the Lord in my behalf, and in behalf of those that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that hath been found; for great is the fury of the Lord that is poured out against us, because our fathers did not keep the word of the Lord, to do in accordance with all that is written in this book.
Job 23:15Therefore am I terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.
Psalms 88:16(88:17) Over me have the fires of thy wrath passed; thy 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 →