Psalms 119:120

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your 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 Habakkuk Declares His Confidence I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
• Heb 12:21 : 21 In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”
• Heb 12:28-29 : 28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe. 29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 18 and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive– forever and ever– and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
• Lev 10:1-3 : 1 Nadab and Abihu Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them to do. 2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD. 3 Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.
• 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 The residents of Beth Shemesh asked,“Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”
• 2 Sam 6:8-9 : 8 David was angry because the LORD attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day. 9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said,“How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
• 1 Chr 24:16-17 : 16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah,the twentieth to Jehezkel, 17 the twenty-first to Jakin,the twenty-second to Gamul,
• 1 Chr 24:30 : 30 The sons of Mushi:Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.These were the Levites, listed by their families.
• 2 Chr 34:21 : 21 “Go, ask the LORD on behalf of me and those who remain in Israel and Judah about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the LORD’s great fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors did not obey the word of the LORD by living according to all that is written in this scroll!”
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
• Ps 119:53 : 53 Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.
• Isa 66:2 : 2 My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the LORD. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
• Dan 10:8-9 : 8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy. 9 I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground. 10 Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. 11 He said to me,“Daniel, you are of great value. Understand the words that I am about to speak to you. So stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up shaking.