Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his fear terrify me:
That He might take His rod away from [threatening] me, and that the fear of Him might not terrify me.
Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
remove his rod from me, so his fury wouldn’t frighten me.
Let him take his staff away from me, and let not the fear of him terrify me.
Let him take his rod away from me and let not his fear terrify me.
Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
“At this also my heart trembles, and leaps out of its place.
Remove thy stroke from me; I am spent by the blows of thy hand.
When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah
then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges;
Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?