97:5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of the whole earth.
22:14 My strength drains away like water; 1
all my bones are dislocated;
my heart 2 is like wax;
it melts away inside me.
68:2 As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. 3
As wax melts before fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.
1 tn Heb “like water I am poured out.”
2 sn The heart is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s strength and courage.
3 tn Heb “as smoke is scattered, you scatter [them].”