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Psalm 119:120 (WEB)
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

Fathers and councils · 4

Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 119
“The grace of God, then, being known, which alone freeth from transgression, which is committed through knowledge of the law, he saith, in prayer, “Fix with nails my flesh in Thy fear” (ver. 120).” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit I.9Book I
“So that a certain saint said: “Pierce my flesh with nails for fear of Thee;” he says not with nails of iron, but of fear and faith.” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. [cxviii.] 120.
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John Cassian, The Institutes IV.34Book IV
“We must therefore pass our time in this life in that fashion and form in which He was crucified for us on the cross so that (as David says) piercing our flesh with the fear of the Lord, we may have all our wishes and desires not subservient to our own lusts but fastened to His mortification.” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cxviii. (cxix.) 120, where the Gallican Psalter has “Confige timore tuo carnes meas.”
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Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.21Book II
“Also in the cxviiith Psalm: “Pierce my flesh with nails through fear of Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxix. 120.
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