And it does in some cases. But finally the absurdity of this struck me.
Fear is fear, and respect is respect.
Beyond the brief snippet in the beginning of the study, it should be noted that yirah is fear mingled with reverence, as opposed to only fear or only reverence. Still, many attempt to explain this away. Hey, I did it for years. But the trembling part, in both Testaments, should have given us a clue to the folly of attempting to explain-away God's Word. And we were certainly given no such Spirit.