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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...
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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 (Psalms 68:7)
4. Israel's pla...
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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...
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DRIVEN AWAY. driven about.
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....
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The advent of God brings terror and destruction to His enemies,
blessing and joy to His people....
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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 2...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_[Psalms 68:3]_ כְּ הִנְדֹּ֥ף עָשָׁ֗ן
תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף כְּ הִמֵּ֣ס דֹּ֭ונַג מִ
פְּנֵי ־אֵ֑שׁ יֹאבְד֥וּ רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים...
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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...
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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 hi...
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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...
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_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._...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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Psalms 68:2 smoke H6227 away H5086 (H8736) drive H5086 (H8799) wax
H1749 melts H4549 (H8736) before H6440 fire H784 wicked H7563 perish
H6 (H8799) presence H6440 God H430
As smoke - Psalms 37:20;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 64:2;
Isaiah 9:18; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5; Nahum 1:6; Psalms 37:20; Psalms
76:7;...