Psalms 21:9
You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath.The fire shall devour them.
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In Context
8Your hand will find out all of your enemies.Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
10You will destroy their descendants from the earth,their posterity from among the children of men.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger,Burns to the lowest Sheol,Devours the earth with its increase,and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
Job 6:3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,therefore have my words been rash.
Psalms 2:12Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,for his wrath will soon be kindled.Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Psalms 18:38I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise.They shall fall under my feet.
Psalms 56:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Isaiah 26:11The Lord, your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume 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 →