GEN1269 Religion sublimates fear by diverting it from all temporal things and confining it to God alone. The fear of God, which may have represented at first a depressing state of consciousness, in course of time developed into solemn awe and reverence. The Hebrew word yireah covers both meetings. Yireat hakabod, “fear of the Glory,” appears as an aspect of kedushah, holiness. [The fear of God shades off into awe and reverence, the characteristic aspects of the sense of creaturehood inspired by the numinous, the mysterious object of religious apprehension. See, for example, [this verse], Exodus 3:6, 15:11, 19, 20:18 – 21, 34:30] It ministers to the higher life and produces a sense of confidence within the human soul. The heart is taught to sing: “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?” Amid direst distress the religious spirit feels confident. “The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want …] Psalm 27:1, 23:1,4 COHON 44-45