Psalms 2:5

2:5 Then he angrily speaks to them

and terrifies them in his rage, ¹  saying, ² 

Psalms 90:7

90:7 Yes, ³  we are consumed by your anger;

we are terrified by your wrath.

Psalms 90:11

90:11 Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? ⁴ 

Your raging fury causes people to fear you. ⁵ 

Psalms 124:3

124:3 they would have swallowed us alive,

when their anger raged against us.

[2:5]  ¹ sn And terrifies them in his rage. This line focuses on the effect that God’s angry response (see previous line) has on the rebellious kings.

[2:5]  ² tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification to indicate that the speaker is the Lord (cf. RSV, NIV).

[90:7]  ³ tn Or “for.”

[90:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “Who knows the strength of your anger?”

[90:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “and like your fear [is] your raging fury.” Perhaps one should emend וּכְיִרְאָתְךְ (ukhyir’otekh, “and like your fear”) to יִרְאָתְךְ (yir’otkh, “your fear”), understanding a virtual dittography (אַפֶּךָ וּכְיִרְאָתְךְ, ’apekha ukhyir’otekh) to have occurred. In this case the psalmist asserts “your fear [is] your raging fury,” that is, your raging fury is what causes others to fear you. The suffix on “fear” is understood as objective.