New Revised Standard Version
but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

New American Bible
But David could not go into his presence to inquire of God, for he was fearful of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.

And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.

he was afraid

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

1 Chronicles 13:12 And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in the ark of God to me?

Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

2 Samuel 6:9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

Job 13:21 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.

Job 21:6 As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Job 23:15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him, I am made pensive with fear.

Psalm 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear

Psalm 119:120 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Jeremiah 5:22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.

Jeremiah 10:7 Who shall not fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.

Hebrews 12:28,29 Therefore, receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace: whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence. . . .

Revelation 1:17 And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.