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The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh are true, and righteous altogether.
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The 'Fear of the Lord'
Commentators explain that the 'fear of the Lord' here is not just an emotion but refers to the entire system of true religion and worship prescribed in God's Word. It is the divine instruction on how to properly revere God, which, unlike corrupt human inventions, is pure and leads to life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The fear of the Lord - The word rendered fear in this place - יראה yir'âh - means properly fear, terror ([Reference Jonah …
19th Century
Anglican
The fear of the Lord. —Here plainly not a moral quality of the individual, but, as in Proverbs 15:33 (), religion, the service dem…
Baptist
The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever: the judgments of the LORD are true…
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16th Century
Protestant
The fear of Jehovah is clean. Here, by the fear of God, we are to understand the way in which God is to be served; and therefore …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The fear of the Lord [is] clean Still the word of God is intended, which teaches men to fear the Lord; gives a full …
The Holy Scripture is of much greater benefit to us than day or night, than the air we breathe, or the light of the sun. To recover man from his fa…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Earlier, the psalmist gave thanks in many ways for the favors he had received and hoped for. Now he rises from considering these favors t…
