Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageYou — You alone are to be feared! Who can stand in Your presence once Your anger is aroused?
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GYou — You alone are fearsome! Who can stand before You when Your fury is kindled?
KJV
King James VersionThou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
BSB
Berean Standard BibleYou alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
Footnotes
*Nora* (נוֹרָא, 'fearsome') is the psalm's keynote word, functioning as a refrain: it appears at vv. 7, 8, and 12 in English numbering, anchoring the psalm's central proclamation that YHWH alone is the truly terrifying power in the cosmos. It derives from *yara'* (to fear, to revere) and encompasses both terror and reverent awe — the dread that unmakes the proud and calls the humble to worship. The doubled pronoun *attah… attah* ('You — You') is emphatically isolating: it singles out YHWH from every other candidate for fear. FOG uses 'fearsome' to maintain the Hebrew's edge; FOG Message uses the more liturgical 'to be feared.'