Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
They put on sackcloth, and horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.
from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,
and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
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