You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- BSB You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
- NKJV You, Yourself, are to be feared; And who may stand in Your presence When once You are angry?
- NASB You, You indeed are to be feared, And who may stand in Your presence, once You are angry?
- NLT No wonder you are greatly feared! Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?
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Quick answer
God alone is to be feared, for no one can stand before Him when He is angry.
Overview
The psalmist draws the lesson: God's holy power inspires reverent fear, and His wrath is irresistible. No human strength can withstand His judgment. This sobering truth drives sinners to seek refuge, which is found in Christ, who bore God's wrath so that those who trust Him need not face it.
Cross-references & the web
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- Nah 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
- Ps 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
- Rev 14:7He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”
- Ps 89:7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
- Rev 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- 1 Cor 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- Jer 10:7–10Who should not fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
- 1 Chr 16:25For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.
- Matt 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
- Rev 6:16–17They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Ps 90:11Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
- Ezra 9:15Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”
- Ps 130:3If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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