In English, fear usually sounds like panic. Something sudden. Something irrational. But in Psalm 56:3, David says, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” The Hebrew word for afraid here is yare’. Yare’ doesn’t describe panic. It describes awareness. The clear recognition that something is bigger than you. This kind of fear often shows up quietly. When health feels uncertain. When the future looks narrower than it used to. When control slips, little by little. David doesn’t pretend fear disappears before faith begins. Fear comes first. Trust follows. Yare’ reminds us that fearing God doesn’t mean you stop fearing life. It means you decide where to place that fear. #BibleStudy #HebrewWord #FearAndFaith #SpiritualAnxiety #ChristianComfort