John Trapp on Psalms 68:2

Verſ. 2. As [illegible: 1 word] is driven away, &c.] Smoak at firſt ſight ſeemeth formidable; but ſoon vaniſheth; and the higher it aſcendeth, the ſooner it is diſſipated: ſo here. Guicciardine ſaith of Charles the eighth of France, that he came into the field like thunder and lightening, but went out like a ſnuff; more than a man at fiſt, and leſſe than a woman at laſt. Semblably Gods enemies.

As wax melteth before the fire, &c.] Wax is a more ſolid ſubſtance than ſmoak, but held to the fire, it quickly diſſolveth. The Pſalmiſt both prayeth and propheſieth here; that the downfall of the Churches enemies may be praeceps & preſentiſſimum, ſad and ſuddain, as is elegantly ſet forth by theſe [illegible: 1 letter]wo ſimilitudes.