Psalms 119:120

American Standard Version (1901)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

סָמַ֣ר מִפַּחְדְּךָ֣ בְשָׂרִ֑י וּֽמִמִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ יָרֵֽאתִי׃

Transliteration

sāmar from-paḥdəkā bəśārî and-from-mišpāṭêkā yārētî

Grammar Details

• *sāmar*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it bristles/trembles
• *paḥdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your dread/fear
• *bəśārî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my flesh
• *mišpāṭêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments
• *yārētî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I fear/am afraid
• *mi-*: preposition - from
• *wə-*: conjunction - and

Word Meanings

• *sāmar*: bristles/trembles/stands on end/shudders
• *paḥdəkā*: your dread/fear/terror
• *bəśārî*: my flesh/body/skin
• *mišpāṭêkā*: your judgments/ordinances/legal decisions
• *yārētî*: I fear/am afraid/stand in awe

Referenced Verses

• Hab 3:16 : 16 I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth 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 that invadeth us.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
• Heb 12:21 : 21 and so fearful was the appearance, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:
• Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
• Lev 10:1-3 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them. 2 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
• 2 Sam 6:8-9 : 8 And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day. 9 And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?
• 1 Chr 24:16-17 : 16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, 17 the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
• 1 Chr 24:30 : 30 And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.
• 2 Chr 34:21 : 21 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
• Ps 119:53 : 53 Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things hath my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
• Dan 10:8-9 : 8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground. 10 And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, thou man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.