Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Psalm 97:3 in English Standard Version "Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around." Ps 21:9 You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them. Ps 50:3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.