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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:120 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
trembleth
camar (Hebrew #5568)
to be erect, i.e. bristle as hair
KJV usage: stand up, tremble.
Pronounce: saw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
l for fear
pachad (Hebrew #6343)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
KJV usage: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Pronounce: pakh'-ad
Origin: from 6342
of thee; and I am afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
of thy judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
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My flesh.
Psa. 119:53• 53Indignation seizeth me because of wicked [men]{HR}Forsaking thy law. (Psa. 119:53)
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Lev. 10:1‑3• 1And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and presented strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.
2And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
3And Moses said to Aaron, This [is] what Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be hallowed in those that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was silent.
(Lev. 10:1‑3)
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1 Sam. 6:20• 20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Jehovah God? and to whom shall he go up from us? (1 Sam. 6:20)
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2 Sam. 6:8‑9• 8And David was displeased, because Jehovah had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
9And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?
(2 Sam. 6:8‑9)
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1 Chron. 24:16‑17,30• 16the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Ezekiel,
17the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
(1 Chron. 24:16‑17,30)
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2 Chron. 34:21,27• 21Go, 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 after all that is written in this book.
27Because 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 humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah.
(2 Chron. 34:21,27)
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Isa. 66:2• 2Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:2)
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Dan. 10:8‑11• 8And I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; and my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
9And I heard the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, I fell into a deep stupor on my face, and my face to the ground.
10And behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and the palms of my hands.
11And he said unto me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which 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.
(Dan. 10:8‑11)
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Hab. 3:16• 16When I heard, my belly trembled; (Hab. 3:16)
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Phil. 2:12• 12So that, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation; (Phil. 2:12)
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Heb. 12:21,28‑29• 21and, so fearful was the appearance, Moses said, I am affrighted and trembling all over.
28Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.
29For also our God is a consuming fire.
(Heb. 12:21,28‑29)
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Rev. 1:17‑18• 17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
18and the living one: and I was dead, and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages; and I have the keys of death and of hades.
(Rev. 1:17‑18)
 But there was fear, and just fear, in the prospect of these judgments. We indeed shall be above them, taken out of the hour of temptation which shall come on all the earth, but encouraged by the word and even by the judgment in looking up to Him from whom it came. And such is ever the case in this psalm. Nothing can be more natural nor more true than this righteous fear. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120 by J.N. Darby)
 Where one passed through it, though not reached by it, fear was right. So “Noah, being warned of God, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house.” (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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120
My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee,{HR}And I am afraid of thy judgments.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)