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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Comme la fumée se dissipe, tu les dissipes; Comme la cire se fond au feu, Les méchants disparaissent devant Dieu.
KJV
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.
Didymus the Blinde
Fragmenta in Psalmos
αντας εγειρεσθαι, ουκ απαιδει εκλαβειν και υπερ των ου τως αλλοιωθησομενων την επιγραφην ει ναι. 707 Ps 68,2.3 ̓Ιστεον ο τι τα πλειστα εν τωι ψαλμωι εκ προσωπου ημετερου υπο ̓Ιησου λεγεται τας ασθενειας ημων φεροντος και υπερ ημων οδυνωμενου. ου τος γουν εξομολογειται περι αμαρτη…
Florus of Lyon
Book against John Scotus
driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before God (Psalms 68:2): Who, he says, will boast that he has a pure heart, or who will boast that he is clean from sins? Therefore, when Scripture says: As wax melts before the fire, so let…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
Aliquando tribulationem, ut illud: «Salvum me fac, Deus, quoniam intraverunt aquae ad animam meam (Psal. LXVIII, 2) .» Aliquando defluentes populos, ut illud Apocalypsis: «Aquae vero sunt populi (Apoc. XVII, 15) .» Aliquando mentes fidem sequentium designari solent, sicut prophe…
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