Psalms 21:9
You make them as a furnace of fire, || At the time of Your presence. YHWH swallows them in His anger, || And fire devours them.
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8Your hand comes to all Your enemies, || Your right hand finds Your haters.
10You destroy their fruit from earth, || And their seed from the sons of men.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled in My anger, || And it burns to the lowest [part] of Sheol, || And consumes earth and its increase, || And sets on fire [the] foundations of mountains.
Job 6:3For now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, || Therefore my words have been rash.
Psalms 2:12Kiss the Chosen One [[ or Son]], lest He is angry, || And you perish [from] the way, || When His anger burns but a little, || O the blessedness of all trusting in Him!
Psalms 18:38I strike them, and they are not able to rise, || They fall under my feet,
Psalms 56:1TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, || All the day fighting he oppresses me,
Isaiah 26:11O YHWH, Your hand [is] high—they do not see, || They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, || Also, the fire consumes Your adversaries.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 21:8-13
The Subject's Hope. 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord , and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 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. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a… Read the whole commentary →