Psalm 18:8
“There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 18Meaning
Smoke, fire, and burning coals portray divine anger through poetic anthropomorphism and storm imagery rather than literal divine physiology.
Read carefully
Smoke, fire, and burning coals portray divine anger through poetic anthropomorphism and storm imagery rather than literal divine physiology. Keep the verse inside its literary unit.
Reflection
Read this verse as part of David’s song of deliverance, receiving its trust and praise without turning royal or battle imagery into permission for private violence, superiority, or guaranteed immunity.