Discovery BoxPsalms 83:14 
Context83:14 Like the fire that burns down the forest,
or the flames that consume the mountainsides, 1
Psalms 97:3
Context97:3 Fire goes before him;
on every side 2 it burns up his enemies.
Psalms 104:4
Context104:4 He makes the winds his messengers,
and the flaming fire his attendant. 3
Psalms 148:8
Context148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, 4
O stormy wind that carries out his orders, 5
1 sn The imagery of fire and flames suggests unrelenting, destructive judgment.
2 tn Heb “all around.”
3 tc Heb “and his attendants a flaming fire.” The lack of agreement between the singular “fire” and plural “attendants” has prompted various emendations. Some read “fire and flame.” The present translation assumes an emendation to “his attendant” (יו in the Hebrew text being virtually dittographic).
sn In Ugaritic mythology Yam’s messengers appear as flaming fire before the assembly of the gods. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 42.
4 tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to “smoke,” but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.
5 tn Heb “[that] does his word.”
