The reference to praising God for God's word and promise establishes that the proper response to divine support is thanksgiving and worship. The affirmation that the psalmist trusts in God (again linking trust to the absence of fear) indicates that this trust is not merely intellectual assent but existential orientation and mode of life. The reference to not fearing what flesh can do returns to the earlier theme: human threat is ultimately insignificant because humans cannot harm the soul that is grounded in God. This verse articulates the proper response to divine faithfulness: trust that leads to praise and the negation of fear.

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