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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
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I. David prays that God would appear in his glory,
1. For the confusion of his enemies (Psa 68:1, Psa 68:2): "Let God arise, as a judge to pass sentence upon them, as a general to…
Cambridge Bible
The verbs should be rendered as in Psa 68:68 by futures: As smoke … so shalt thou drive them away: as wax … so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God. The smoke scattered by the wind is an apt…
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