Job 21:6
When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
BSB
ASV
Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
KJV
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Ver. 6. Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh. 44. That blessed Job was not forgetful of his deeds, the last utterance of his lips proves. Wherefore this which he now says to his friends, Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh, must clearly be said in mockery. As if it were in plain words; 'If I remember that I have had any thing of the hypocrite in me, directly I tremble in tears of penitence.'
He owns that God does sometimes hang up a wicked man as it were in chains, in terrorem --as a terror to others, by some visible remarkable judgment in this life, but denies that he always does so; nay, he maintains that commonly he does otherwise, suffering even the worst of sinners to live all their days in prosperity and to go out of the world without any visible mark of his wrath upon them.
Can you wonder that I broke out into complaints, when the struggle was not with men, but with the Almighty? Reconcile, if you can, the ceaseless woes of the innocent with the divine justice! Is it not enough to make one tremble? [UMBREIT].
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Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
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I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
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Habakkuk 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…
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As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His…
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
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Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
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For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.