Psalm 21:9
“Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 21Meaning
Enemies are pictured as a fiery furnace in the time of God’s anger; this is severe judgment poetry and not permission for human beings to burn, torture, terrorize, or persecute others.
Read carefully
Enemies are pictured as a fiery furnace in the time of God’s anger; this is severe judgment poetry and not permission for human beings to burn, torture, terrorize, or persecute others. Keep the verse inside its literary unit.
Reflection
Enemies are pictured as a fiery furnace in the time of God’s anger; this is severe judgment poetry and not permission for human beings to burn, torture, terrorize, or persecute others.