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 disappears before the wind, the wax before the fire. How galling to the pride the seemingly mighty foes to learn that they have no more stability than the driven smoke or the melting wax! On the contrary, Messiah and His people, who once seemed 'like wax' (Psalms 22:14), shall at last be "as the sun when he goeth forth in his might," whereas all the Lord's enemies shall perish. Compare Judges 5:31, Deborah's song.