Psalms 68:2
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 68 connects to 10 cross-references. A processional psalm of David celebrating God's march from Sinai to Zion as divine warrior. It opens with the ancient war cry of Numbers 10 and catalogs God's care for orphans, widows, and prisoners. The psalm ends with kings bringing …
Other Translations
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 the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, 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.
Cross References
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it …
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall …
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole …
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of …
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine …
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that …
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and …
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, …