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Psalms 68:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 68:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 68:27 words
HebrewMeaning
יָק֣וּםyāqwm
may he ariseverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יָפ֣וּצוּyāpwṣw
may they be scatteredverbH6327
shake) in pieces · cast · disperse · drive ···
אוֹיְבָ֑י/וʾwōyəbāyw
enemies hisverbH341
foe
וְ/יָנ֥וּסוּwəyānwsw
and they may fleeconjH5127
abate · be displayed · flee (away · -ing) ···
מְ֝שַׂנְאָ֗י/וməśanəʾāyw
those who hate himverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
מִ/פָּנָֽי/וmipānāyw
from before himpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 68:2

1. Of this Psalm, the title seems not to need operose discussion: for simple and easy it appears. For thus it stands: “For the end, for David himself a Psalm of a Song.” But in many Psalms already we have reminded you what is “at the end: for the end of the Law is Christ for righteousness to every man believing:” Romans 10:4 He is the end which makes perfect, not that which consumes or destroys. Nevertheless, if any one endeavours to inquire, what means, “a Psalm of a Song:”…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 68 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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