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# Fire goes before him
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The psalmist speaks as if fire were a person walking before King Yahweh and telling people that the king was coming. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# consumes his adversaries
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"burns up his enemies"
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# the earth sees and trembles
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The writer speaks of the earth as if it were a person who sees what Yahweh does and trembles in fear. AT: "like a person, the earth sees and trembles" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# trembles
"shakes with fear"
# The mountains melt like wax before Yahweh
The writer speaks of the mountains crumbling before Yahweh as if they were wax that was exposed to a fire. AT: "The mountains are unable to stand as Yahweh comes near" or "The mountains crumble in Yahweh's presence" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])