Psalms 119:120
My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
In Context
119Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.
121[AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness,—Do not leave me to mine oppressors.
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:20Then said the men of Beth-shemesh, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and, unto whom, shall he go up from us?
2 Samuel 6:9And David was afraid of Yahweh, on that day,—and said, How can the ark of Yahweh come unto me?
1 Chronicles 24:16for Pethahiah, the nineteenth, for Jehezkel, the twentieth;
2 Chronicles 34:21Go, enquire of Yahweh for me, and for the remnant in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which hath been found,—for great is the wrath of Yahweh, which hath been poured out upon us, because our fathers, kept not, the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.
Job 23:15For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
Psalms 88:16Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to 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 →