Psalm 68:2

New Living Translation

Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:13

When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.

2 Samuel 10:18

But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David’s forces killed 700 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, including Shobach, the commander of their army.

Psalm 22:14

My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.

Psalm 37:20

But the wicked will die. The Lord’s enemies are like flowers in a field— they will disappear like smoke.

Psalm 76:7

No wonder you are greatly feared! Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?

Psalm 80:16

For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies. May they perish at the sight of your frown.

Psalm 97:5

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

Isaiah 33:3

The enemy runs at the sound of your voice. When you stand up, the nations flee!

Isaiah 64:2

As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame!

Isaiah 9:18

This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.

Jeremiah 46:15

Why have your warriors fallen? They cannot stand, for the Lord has knocked them down.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will disappear like the morning mist, like dew in the morning sun, like chaff blown by the wind, like smoke from a chimney.

Micah 1:4

The mountains melt beneath his feet and flow into the valleys like wax in a fire, like water pouring down a hill.

Numbers 10:35

And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!”