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Psalms 68:2
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As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;As wax melts before the fire,So let the wicked perish before God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God.
Lyke as the smoke vanisheth, [so] wylt thou cause [them] to vanishe away: and lyke as water melteth at the fire, [so] wyll the vngodly perishe at the presence of the Lorde.
As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked perish in God's presence.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driuen away, so driue them away: as waxe melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou dryue them awaye: and like as waxe melteth at the fyre, so shall the vngodly perish at the presence off God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.
As smoke is driven away, you will drive them away: As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
Scatter them like smoke! When you come near, make them melt like wax in a fire.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee from his presence.
As the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou driue them away: and as waxe melteth before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, so let them vanish; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Him flee before Him.
Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
Drive them away like smoke in the wind. Let the sinful be destroyed before God like a candle melts by the fire.
As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish before God.
As smoke is driven about, Let them be driven about, - As wax is melted before a fire, Let the lawless perish before God.
(67-3) As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven off, you will drive them off. As wax melts before fire, the wicked will perish before God.
As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before a fire, So the wicked will perish before God.
Blow them away as smoke is driven away by the wind. As wax melts before a fire, let the wicked be destroyed before God.
As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off; as wax melts in front of the fire, so do the wicked perish in God's presence.
As smoke is blown away, so You blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
As smoke failith, faile thei; as wax fletith fro the face of fier, so perische synneris fro the face of God.
As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before fire, let the wicked perish before God!
Contextual Overview
To the director: A praise song of David.
God, get up and scatter your enemies! May all your enemies run from you. 2 May your enemies be scattered like smoke blown away by the wind. May your enemies be destroyed like wax melting in a fire. 3 But let good people be happy. Let them gather before God and enjoy themselves together. 4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Prepare the way for the one who rides on the clouds. His name is Yah . Worship before him with joy. 5 God, who lives in his holy palace, is a father to orphans, and he takes care of widows. 6 God provides homes for those who are lonely. He frees people from prison and makes them happy. But those who turn against him will live in the desert.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
As smoke: Psalms 37:20, Isaiah 9:18, Hosea 13:3
as wax: Psalms 97:5, Isaiah 64:2, Micah 1:4, in the presence, Psalms 76:7, Psalms 80:16, Nahum 1:5, Nahum 1:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Revelation 6:16, Revelation 6:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:16 - went Exodus 15:15 - melt Leviticus 26:17 - set Numbers 10:35 - Lord 1 Samuel 2:10 - adversaries 1 Samuel 14:16 - melted away 2 Samuel 18:32 - The enemies Job 24:19 - so doth Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 7:6 - Arise Psalms 9:3 - they shall Psalms 9:19 - Arise Psalms 22:14 - heart Psalms 64:10 - righteous Psalms 83:13 - as the Psalms 92:9 - For Psalms 104:35 - sinners Isaiah 31:2 - arise Jeremiah 46:15 - the Lord Ezekiel 22:21 - and ye Ezekiel 39:2 - I will Nahum 1:10 - they shall Hebrews 10:27 - which
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As smoke is driven away, so drive [them] away,.... This both describes the character of wicked men, Christ's enemies; as their darkness and ignorance, their will worship and superstition, and their detestableness to God, Revelation 9:2; and the manner of their destruction; which is as easily brought about as smoke is driven by the wind, and is as irretrievable, like smoke that vanisheth into air o; see Psalms 37:20;
as wax melteth before fire; whereby its consistency, form, and strength, are lost. Respect may be had, both in this and the foregoing metaphor, to the fire of, divine wrath, and the smoke of eternal torments; since it follows:
[so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God; the appearance of Christ, either in his awful dispensation against the Jews, or in the last judgment; when the wicked shall not be able to stand before his face, but shall call to the rocks and mountains to hide them from him; and when they shall be bid to depart from him, and shall be punished with everlasting destruction in soul and body, from the presence of the Lord, and the glory of his power.
o "----et tenues fugit, ceu fumus in auras". Virgil. Aeneid. 5. prope finem.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As smoke is driven away - To wit, by the wind. Smoke - vapor - easily disturbed and moved by the slightest breath of air - represents an object of no stability, or having no power of resistance, and would thus represent the real weakness of the most mighty armies of men as opposed to God.
So drive them away - With the same ease with which smoke is driven by the slightest breeze, so do the enemies of God disappear before his power. Compare the notes at Psalms 1:4.
As wax melteth before the fire - Compare Psalms 22:14. The meaning here is plain. As wax is melted down by fire - losing all its hardness, its firmness, its power of resistance, so must the most mighty armies melt away before God.
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God - That is, those who rise up against him; his enemies. It will be as easy for God to destroy wicked men as it is for fire to melt down wax.
