Revised Version 1895
Psalms 68:2
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psalms 68:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Psalms 68:2
1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him. 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. 3But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: yea, let them rejoice with gladness. 4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH; and exult ye before him.
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כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּהִמֵּ֣ס דּ֭וֹנַג מִפְּנֵי־אֵ֑שׁ יֹאבְד֥וּ רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים מִפְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 68:2
- Psalms 37:20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the excellency of the pastures: they shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
- Isaiah 9:18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns: yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.
- Hosea 13:3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
- Psalms 97:5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth;
- Isaiah 64:2as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil: to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence.
- Micah 1:4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Psalms 76:7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- Psalms 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
- Revelation 6:16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Commentaries on Psalms 68:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Both smoke and wax represent a temporary existence (Psalms 22:12–18; 37:20; 102:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351-3. Compare Nu 10:35; Psa 1:4; 22:14, on the figures here used. before him--as in Psa 68:2, from His presence, as dreaded; but in Psa 68:3, in His presence, as under His protection (Psa 61:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 68
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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