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Gill's Exposition
Serve the Lord with fear,.... Not the creature, neither more, nor besides, nor with the Creator; God and mammon cannot both be served; nor any fictitious and nominal deities, the idols of the…
Barnes' Notes
Serve the Lord with fear - With reverence, and with deep apprehensions of the consequences of not serving and obeying him. That is, serve him in not opposing, but in promoting his purpose of…
We have here the practical application of this gospel doctrine concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, by way of exhortation to the kings and judges of the earth. They hear that it is in vain to oppose…
Cambridge Bible
Serve The context indicates that political submission to Jehovah in the person of His representative is primarily intended. Cp. Psa 18:43; Psa 72:11. But the wider meaning must not be excluded.…
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