Psalm 119:120
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New International Version (©2011)
My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I tremble in fear of you; I stand in awe of your regulations.

English Standard Version (©2001)
My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments. Ayin.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I tremble in awe of You; I fear Your judgments.

International Standard Version (©2012)
My flesh trembles out of fear of you, and I am in awe of your judgments.

NET Bible (©2006)
My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Order my flesh by your awe and I am in awe of your judgments.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.

American King James Version
My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.

American Standard Version
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Darby Bible Translation
My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

English Revised Version
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Webster's Bible Translation
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

World English Bible
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN

Young's Literal Translation
Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

119:113-120 Here is a dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it. The more we love the law of God, the more watchful we shall be, lest vain thoughts draw us from what we love. Would we make progress in keeping God's commands, we must be separate from evil-doers. The believer could not live without the grace of God; but, supported by his hand, his spiritual life shall be maintained. Our holy security is grounded on Divine supports. All departure from God's statutes is error, and will prove fatal. Their cunning is falsehood. There is a day coming which will put the wicked into everlasting fire, the fit place for the dross. See what comes of sin Surely we who fall so low in devout affections, should fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into heavenly rest, any of us should be found to come short of it, Heb 4:1.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 120. - My flesh trembleth for fear of thee (comp. Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 23:9; Habakkuk 3:16), And I am afraid of thy judgments. Thy "judgments" upon the wicked cause me to shudder with fear.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee,.... Not for fear of the wrath of God coming down upon himself, nor for fear of eternal damnation; but for fear of what was coming upon the wicked, for their sins and transgressions. The word (n) used signifies such a dread and horror, which seizes a man to such a degree, that it makes the hair of his flesh to stand up; as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; see Psalm 119:53, Job 4:14;

and I am afraid of thy judgments; not of their coming down upon him, but upon the wicked; the thought of which is more awful to good men than to the wicked themselves; and especially when under any darkness, doubts, and fears; lest, being conscious to themselves of their own weakness, they should be left to join with the wicked in their sins, and so be partakers of their plagues.

(n) Symmachus in Drusius; "horripilavit", Cajetanus apud Gejerum.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

120. The "judgments" are those on the wicked (Ps 119:119). Joyful hope goes hand in hand with fear (Hab 3:16-18).

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Thy Word
…119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies. 120My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments. 121I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to my oppressors. …

2 Samuel 6:9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?"
Job 4:14 fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
Psalm 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling.
Psalm 55:5 Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
Psalm 119:161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
Isaiah 66:2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?" declares the LORD. "These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.
Jeremiah 5:22 Should you not fear me?" declares the LORD. "Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.
Habakkuk 3:2 LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
Habakkuk 3:16 I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.