“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.”
The affirmation that God will make them as a fiery oven when the king confronts them and God will swallow them in wrath and fire devour them establishes cataclysmic enemy destruction. The fiery oven imagery suggests overwhelming destructive force. The swallowing suggests complete obliteration. The fire imagery emphasizes divine judgment. This verse depicts God's violent judgment of the king's enemies.
Church Fathers on Psalms 21:9
To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. The title is a familiar one; the Psalm is of Christ. 2. “O Lord, the King shall rejoice in Your strength” Psalm 20:1. O Lord, in Your strength, whereby the Word was made flesh, the Man Christ Jesus shall rejoice. “And shall exult exceedingly in Your salvation.” And in that, whereby Thou quickenest all things, shall exult exceedingly. 3. “You have given Him the desire of His soul” Psalm 20:2. He desired to eat the Passover, Luke…
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