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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 68:2

As smoke is driven away— i.e. "As smoke is violently scattered and dispersed by the wind, so do thou shake and entirely disperse them with a force that they cannot resist." See Schultens in Proverbs 21:6.

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See also Psalms 68:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 w...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 68 The Great Redemption Accomplished _ 1. The introduction (Psalms 68:1)_ 2. The proclamation of His Name and of ‘His acts (Psalms 68:4) 3. A historic review ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXVIII. A SONG OF TRIUMPH. The most difficult of all the Pss. In some places the text is so corrupt that it defies any attempt at emendation, and the VSS give little, if any, help. The historical allu...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DRIVEN AWAY. driven about. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The advent of God brings terror and destruction to His enemies, blessing and joy to His people....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The verbs should be rendered as in Psalms 68:1 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 a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 68 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Glimpses of Jehovah's Visible Reign over Israel and the Nations. ANALYSIS (See Headlines insetted in text.) (Lm.) By DavidPsalm Song. (DIVISION ITHE KING: HIS PROWESS...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 smoke is driven away ... as wax melteth before the fire. The smoke d...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is one of the grandest of the Pss., but its origin and date are involved in much obscurity. It contains expressions borrowed from the Blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy 33) and the Song of Deborah (J...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SMOKE. — The figure of the vanishing smoke has occurred before (see Psalms 37:20); for that of the melting wax see Psalms 97:5. Both figures are too obvious to need reference to the cloud and fire of...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 68:3]_ כְּ הִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 68:1 THIS superb hymn is unsurpassed, if not unequalled, in grandeur, lyric fire, and sustained rush of triumphant praise. It celebrates a victory; but it is the victory of the God who enters a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE Psalms 68:1 This is one of the grandest odes in literature. It was probably composed when the Ark was brought in triumph from the house of Obed-edom to the newly acquired hil...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This psalm sings the praise of the God of deliverances. It opens with a song of pure praise (verses Psa 68:1-6). This is then justified by a review of God's past dealings with His people (verses Psa 6...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Save me from affliction, Luke xxii. 42. Christ could not be lost. (Menochius) --- Waters of afflictions and sorrows. My soul is sorrowful even unto death, Matthew xxvi. (Challoner) See John iii. 6._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here are two strong similitudes made use of, to represent the fleeting transitory continuance of all the enemies of our Christ. Smoke may for the moment seem to eclipse the sun; and wax, from its hard...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 68 follows on these psalms, being the celebration of the introduction of Israel into the position spoken of in them. Still it has a complete and individual character of its own. It begins with...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 de...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 2. _As smoke is driven away, &c._] Smoke at first sight seemet...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Let God arise_, &c. As God was in a peculiar manner present in the ark, and as his presence was the great security of the Israelitish nation from the dangers of the wilderness, and the power of their...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    As smoke is driven away, vanishing into nothing, SO DRIVE THEM AWAY; AS WAX MELTETH BEFORE THE FIRE, SO LET THE WICKED PERISH AT THE PRESENCE OF GOD, the very strongest pictures of human weakness and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE MESSIAH'S EXALTATION. To the chief musician, a psalm or song of David, the event which was the immediate cause for writing this powerful hymn, according to most commentators. being the placing...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 None ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. God is the joy of his people, then let them rejoice when they come before him. He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS SMOKE IS DRIVEN AWAY; as smoke at first mounts high and fills a great space of air, but speedily vanisheth into air, or is dispersed with the wind....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 68:2 smoke H6227 away H5086 (H8736) drive H5086 (H8799) wax H1749 melts H4549 (H8736) before...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This was a Psalm sung, at the removing of the ark, when it was taken up to its resting-place on Mount Zion. All the tribes were gathered together, and, in full pomp, they marched along, bearing the sa...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prayer against enemies and for God's people. All called upon to praise God for His greatness and goodness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The glory of Zion's King is that He is a Savi...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm is the _Carmen seculare_ of the Hebrews, and far surpasses the _Te Deum_ of the christians. It has justly been eulogized in the whole succession of theological composition,. The song bursts...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered: let them alone that hate Him flee before Him._ A GOOD PRAYER This was what was always said by Moses, when the ark set forward afresh in the wilderness. E...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 68:1. This is a celebration of God’s continued care and protection. It remembers how God led his people through the wilderness into their inheritance. The celebration does n...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm or Song of David_.” See Introduction to Psalms 48. The Superscription does not mention the occasion...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of triumphant praise and jubilation, the crown and gem of the Second Book. Professor Cheyne calls it "a patriotic and religious ode of wondrous range and compass, and in t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the pre...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 64:2;...

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