Psalm 2:11 (WEB)
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Fathers and councils · 19
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And they depart with joy, yet full of fear; is this also written? yes, the second Psalm, which relates the Passion of Christ, says, Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling;—rejoice, because of the risen Lord; but with trembling, because of the earthquake, and the Angel who appeared as lightning.” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.12Conference XI
“…Lord in fear;” and: “It is a great thing for thee to be called My servant;” and: “Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when He cometh, shall find so doing,” yet it is said to the Apostles: “I no longer call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I call you friends, for all things…” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11; Is. xlix. 6; S. Matt. xxiv. 46.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And the face of that pure speech appeared to me one and the same; and I learned to “rejoice with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“This is the fruit of my confessions, not of what I was, but of what I am, that I may confess this not before Thee only, in a secret exultation with trembling, and a secret sorrow with hope, but in the ears also of the believing sons of men,—partakers of my joy, and sharers of my mortality, my fellow-citizens and the…” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“But what I still am in this species of my ill, have I confessed unto my good Lord; rejoicing with trembling in that which Thou hast given me, and bewailing myself for that wherein I am still imperfect; trusting that Thou wilt perfect Thy mercies in me, even to the…” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment““Serve the Lord with fear;” lest what is said, “Ye kings and judges of the earth,” turn into pride: “And rejoice with trembling” (ver. 11).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 10, 11.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore, see ye after what manner the saying of God amid our own felicity doth take from us security: “Serve ye,” He saith, “the Lord in fear, and exult unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“Because the Apostle hath said, “In fear and trembling work out your own salvation:” because it hath been said in a Psalm, “Serve the Lord in fear, and exult unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“Hear thou another voice of a Psalm: “Serve ye the Lord in fear, and exult unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment““Let them delight in gladness:” no longer exulting with trembling, as in this world, so long as “human life is a trial upon earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“When thou hast made him as it were thine own, and no longer common, thou art exalted unto pride; though it is written, “Serve ye the Lord in fear, and exult unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“Therefore saith the Psalm: “Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling:” so also saith the Apostle Paul; “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God that worketh in you.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“Hear another Psalm: “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11.
Read the whole comment“…to His good pleasure;” that it seem not to pertain unto the Old Testament what is written, “Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11
Read the whole comment““Serve ye the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11, Sept.
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Gregory the Great
“And again it is written, Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto him with trembling (Ps. ii. 11).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“For (it is said) “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.” ( Ps. ii. 11.)” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the second Psalm: “Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto Him in trembling.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 11. The whole of the remainder of this section, except the two concluding quotations from the Psalms, is wanting in many editions.
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Confessions X.4.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Confessions X.4.
Cited together in Confessions X.30.
Cited together in Confessions X.4.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.14.
Cited together in Confessions X.30.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.14.
Cited together in Confessions X.4.
Cited together in Confessions X.30.
Cited together in Confessions X.4.
Cited together in Confessions X.4.
Cited together in Confessions X.30.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Confessions X.30.
Cited together in Confessions X.4.