Psalms 68:2 · 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.”
— Psalms 68:2
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm {or} Song of David.] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. {before...: Heb. from his face}
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. {exceedingly...: Heb. rejoice with gladness}
Psalms 68 — Context
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm {or} Song of David.] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. {before...: Heb. from his face}
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.
3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. {exceedingly...: Heb. rejoice with gladness}
4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Cross References
Micah 1:4
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, {and} as the waters {that are} poured down a steep place. {a steep...: Heb. a descent}
Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD {shall be} as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. {the fat: Heb. the preciousness}
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff {that} is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Revelation 6:16-17
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Psalms 97:5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up {like} the lifting up of smoke.
Psalms 80:16
{It is} burned with fire, {it is} cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. {out of...: or, sundered}