Serve the Lord in fear! Repent in terror!

Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.

Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way.

Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.

You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.

I sought the Lord’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the Lord.

and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds.

People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation.

For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

His resolve is firm; he will not succumb to fear before he looks in triumph on his enemies.

When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure.” (Selah)

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)

For the music director; written by the Lord’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,