Psalm 4:4 - "Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah."
To tremble is defined as to "shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty." Emotions are powerful expressions and the psalmist is telling us something particularly pertinent by using this word. Trembling is a bodily response to physiological or psychological stimuli. Many of these are appropriate, such as when we tremble from the cold or we are excited when we meet a celebrity.
However, trembling over sinning or the prospect of it is expressed through lust. Instead, we should tremble in the fear of the Lord, meditating first in our mind and then in our hearts regarding God's greatness. As we do, we put God in His proper "celebrity status" as the Creator of the universe. That the Omnipotent, Omniscient One would desire to meet with us in a personal manner on a daily basis should give us all an inner tranquility and stillness as we meditate on His Person.
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