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Psalm 97

Psa. 97:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
d goeth
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
him, and burneth up
lahat (Hebrew #3857)
properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
KJV usage: burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.
Pronounce: law-hat'
Origin: a primitive root
his enemies
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
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Dan. 7:10• 10A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. (Dan. 7:10)
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Heb. 12:29• 29For also our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 18:8• 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it. (Psa. 18:8)
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Psa. 21:8‑9• 8Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them: (Psa. 21:8‑9)
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Psa. 50:3• 3Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. (Psa. 50:3)
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Deut. 4:11,36• 11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.
 36From the heavens he made thee hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and on the earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words from the midst of the fire. (Deut. 4:11,36)
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Deut. 5:4,23‑24• 4Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you
 23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
 24and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shewn us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives. (Deut. 5:4,23‑24)
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Deut. 32:22• 22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains. (Deut. 32:22)
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Dan. 7:10• 10A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. (Dan. 7:10)
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Nah. 1:5‑6• 5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
 6Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him. (Nah. 1:5‑6)
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Hab. 3:5• 5Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet. (Hab. 3:5)
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Mal. 4:1• 1For behold, the day cometh, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Mal. 4:1)
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2 Thess. 1:8• 8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ; (2 Thess. 1:8)
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Heb. 12:29• 29For also our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29)
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2 Peter 3:10‑12• 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
 11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt? (2 Peter 3:10‑12)
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Rev. 11:5• 5and if any one wills to injure them, fire goes out of their mouth, and devours their enemies. And if any one wills to injure them, thus must he be killed. (Rev. 11:5)
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Rev. 20:15• 15And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:15)
• The immediate effect of His coming as the Judge is brought before us. The fire of judgment will deal with all His adversaries. (“Psalms 97” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.