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A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
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Fear as Awe and Reverence
Scholars clarify that the 'fear' of God described here is not slavish terror but a profound sense of awe and reverence. This godly fear stems from all of God's attributes—His mighty power, perfect justice, and even His overwhelming goodness and mercy. It is the proper response of a creature in the presence of the Creator.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God is greatly to be feared— There is something in him that is suited to fill the mind with solemn feelings, and this is a proper state of m…
19th Century
Anglican
It is better to take this verse in apposition with the foregoing: God sublime in the council of the holy ones,And terrible among those sur…
Baptist
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? God is greatly to be feared…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints , &c.] Which Jarchi and Kimchi understand of angels again, and …
The more God's works are known, the more they are admired. And to praise the Lord, is to acknowledge him to be such that there is none like him.
