Psalm 68:2

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:13

Joab and his men advanced to attack, and the Syrians fled.

2 Samuel 10:18

and the Israelites drove the Syrian army back. David and his men killed seven hundred Syrian chariot drivers and forty thousand cavalry, and they wounded Shobach, the enemy commander, who died on the battlefield.

Psalm 22:14

My strength is gone, gone like water spilled on the ground. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.

Psalm 37:20

But the wicked will die; the enemies of the Lord will vanish like wild flowers; they will disappear like smoke.

Psalm 76:7

But you, Lord, are feared by all. No one can stand in your presence when you are angry.

Psalm 80:16

Our enemies have set it on fire and cut it down; look at them in anger and destroy them!

Psalm 97:5

The hills melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 33:3

When you fight for us, nations run away from the noise of battle.

Isaiah 64:2

They would tremble like water boiling over a hot fire. Come and reveal your power to your enemies, and make the nations tremble at your presence!

Isaiah 9:18

The wickedness of the people burns like a fire that destroys thorn bushes and thistles. It burns like a forest fire that sends up columns of smoke.

Jeremiah 46:15

Why has your mighty god Apis fallen? The Lord has struck him down!’

Hosea 13:3

And so these people will disappear like morning mist, like the dew that vanishes early in the day. They will be like chaff which the wind blows from the threshing place, like smoke from a chimney.

Micah 1:4

Then the mountains will melt under him like wax in a fire; they will pour down into the valleys like water pouring down a hill.

Numbers 10:35

Whenever the Covenant Box started out, Moses would say, “Arise, Lord; scatter your enemies and put to flight those who hate you!”