as “God fearers,” they also exhort the worshiping community to fear God (Ps 34:10). In Psalm 86:11, the psalmist asks God to give him an “undivided heart” in order to fear him. Indeed, just as the psalms hope for the day the nations will fear God (see reference to Ps 33:8 above; Ps 67:7; 102:15), they also admonish them to fear God as well (Ps 2:11: “You kings.… Serve Yahweh with fear and rejoice with trembling”). Those who do fear the Lord experience wonderful blessings. Above, we saw that they
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