¹⁵ For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

¹²⁰ My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.

¹⁵ That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

³ If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

²³ For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

³ I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

¹⁶ Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.