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As the fire that burns the forest, As the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
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A Picture of Swift Judgment
Commentators explain that the image of a forest or mountain fire is a powerful simile for God's judgment. As a fire in a dry landscape spreads with terrifying speed and consumes everything, the psalmist prays for God's wrath to swiftly and completely deal with those who oppose Him. This imagery underscores the certainty and overwhelming power of divine justice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As the fire burneth a wood ... - The same idea is here presented under another form. No image of desolation is more fearful than th…
19th Century
Anglican
These verses are rightly taken together. The figure occurs in Isaiah 10:17-18 (), but there as a metaphor; here as a simile. “Before the rains came…
Baptist
Travelers tell us that they have sometimes seen the sides of mountains all ablaze where the timber, growing old, and everything being dry in the he…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As the fire burns the wood Or "forest" F13 ; which is sometimes done purposely, and sometimes through car…
All who oppose the kingdom of Christ can read their doom here. God is still the same as He always was: the same to His people, and the same against…
