Psalms 2:11 - Exposition

Serve the Lord with fear . "If ye will not serve him ( i.e. honour and obey him) from love, do it from fear;" "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" ( Psalms 111:10 ). And rejoice. Do not be content with fear. Go on from fear to love, and so to joy. Good men "rejoice in God alway" ( Philippians 4:4 ). But such rejoicing must be with trembling; or, with reverence (Prayer-book Version), since no service is acceptable to God but such as is rendered "with reverence and godly fear" ( Hebrews 12:28 ).