Sunday, October 11, 2026

Psalm 83:14

When I read Psalm 83 in German, I noticed a minor characteristic of verse 15:
Wie ein Feuer den Wald verbrennt und wie eine Flamme die Berge versengt,
In the ESV, this is verse 14:
As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
The alliteration between "Feuer" (fire) & "Flamme" (flame) and "verbrennt" (burns) & "versengt" (scorches) highlights the parallel structure of the verse.