119:120 My body 1 trembles 2 because I fear you; 3
I am afraid of your judgments.
שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)
119:161 Rulers pursue me for no reason,
yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions. 4
1 tn Heb “my flesh.”
2 tn The Hebrew verb סָמַר (samar, “to tremble”) occurs only here and in Job 4:15.
3 tn Heb “from fear of you.” The pronominal suffix on the noun is an objective genitive.
4 tn Heb “and because of your instructions my heart trembles.” The psalmist’s healthy “fear” of the consequences of violating God’s instructions motivates him to obey them. See v. 120.