John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 119:120

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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My flesh trembleth for fear of thee, etc.] Not for fear of the wrath of God coming down upon himself, nor for fear of eternal damnation; but for fear of what was coming upon the wicked, for their sins and transgressions. The word f1688 used signifies such a dread and horror, which seizes a man to such a degree, that it makes the hair of his flesh to stand up; as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; (see <19B953>Psalm 119:53) (<180414>Job 4:14,15); and I am afraid of thy judgments; not of their coming down upon him, but upon the wicked; the thought of which is more awful to good men than to the wicked themselves; and especially when under any darkness, doubts, and fears; lest, being conscious to themselves of their own weakness, they should be left to join with the wicked in their sins, and so be partakers of their plagues. [, AIN.--The Sixteenth Part.

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