Psalms 119:120
Hebrew Text— Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
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A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
and he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keeps covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.
Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in might.
Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”
On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
“Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours?
If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH your God,
“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
and he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
Let your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
“From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long.
Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;
David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark come to me?”
“The house which I am building will be great; for our God is greater than all gods.
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that Yahweh’s wrath didn’t come on them in the days of Hezekiah.
When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
As when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.
Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;
Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, and his dread fall on you?
Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
“Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”
It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.
The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses.
“Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is Yahweh’s wrath that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept Yahweh’s word, to do according to all that is written in this book.”
because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me, I also have heard you,” says Yahweh.
withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
“Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; “for he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.
He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”