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.
God’s judgment on hostile enemies
Verses 8–12 turn toward enemies, using severe ancient royal-war imagery of discovery, fire, destroyed posterity, failed plots, and enemies driven back.
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.