a trembling gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake.

שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin) Rulers pursue me for no reason, yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.

Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!

Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, from his royal splendor!

Yes, here is what he says: “You hear cries of panic and of terror; there is no peace in sight.

The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.

Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”

All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God when they heard how the Lord had fought against Israel’s enemies.

All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king’s business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

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,

They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.