Psalms 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 2:11

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

BSB

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ASV

Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

KJV

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Serve the Lord with fear - With reverence, and with deep apprehensions of the consequences of not serving and obeying him. That is, serve him in not opposing, but in promoting his purpose of establishing a kingdom under the Messiah, with the deep apprehension that if you do not do it, he will arise and crush you in his wrath. And rejoice - Prof. Alexander renders this “shout,” and supposes that it refers to the customary recognition of a present sovereign.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Fear - With an awful sense of his great and glorious majesty. Rejoice - Do not esteem his yoke your dishonour and grievance; but rejoice in this inestimable grace and benefit. Trembling - This is added to warn them of taking heed that they do not turn this grace of God into wantonness.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Our salvation must be wrought out with fear and trembling, Phil. ii. We ought to rejoice in the setting up of the kingdom of Christ, but to rejoice with trembling, with a holy awe of him, a holy fear for ourselves, lest we come short, and a tender concern for the many precious souls to whom his gospel and kingdom are a savour of death unto death.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עִבְד֣וּ	'iv.Du	serve	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּיִרְאָ֑ה	be.yir.'Ah	with fear	H3374 →
וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ	ve.Gi.lu	and rejoice	H1523 →
בִּרְעָדָֽה׃	bir.'a.Dah	with trembling	H7461 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 2:12
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.
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:5–10
  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Luke 13:23–24
  “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
  Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- Hebrews 4:11
  Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Through
Hebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if…
leads to
- Hebrews 8:5
  The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…
Through
Psalms 89:7
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
leads to
- Psalms 47:2
  How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- Psalms 76:7–11
  You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms