King James Version

Psalms 119:120

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

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סָמַ֣רsamarstand upסָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stand up”, a completed actionH5568to be erect, i.e. bristle as hairstand up, tremble.מִפַּחְדְּךָ֣mipachdekhafrom dreadפַּחַדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from dread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.בְשָׂרִ֑יvesaribodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.וּֽמִמִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָumimishpateykhaand from lawמִשְׁפָּטconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and from law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4941properly, 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[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] 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,…יָרֵֽאתִיyaretifearיָרֵאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “fear”, a completed actionH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments. ע AYIN.

Young’s Literal Translation

Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

World English Bible

My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καθήλωσον ἐκ τοῦ φόβου σου τὰς σάρκας μου, ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν κριμάτων σου ἐφοβήθην.