John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away ,.... This both describes the character of wicked men, Christ's enemies; as their darkness and ignorance, their will worship and superstition, and their detestableness to God, Revelation 9:2 ; and the manner of their destruction; which is as easily brought about as smoke is driven by the wind, and is as irretrievable, like smoke that vanisheth into air F15 "----et tenues fugit, ceu fumus in auras". Virgil. Aeneid. 5. prope finem. ; see ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 68:1-6
In these verses, I. David prays that God would appear in his glory, 1. For the confusion of his enemies (Ps. 68:1, 2): ?Let God arise, as a judge to pass sentence upon them, as a general to take the field and do execution upon them; and let them be scattered, and flee before him, as unable to keep their ground, much less to make head against him. Let God arise, as the sun when he goes forth in his strength; and the children of darkness shall be scattered, as the shadows of the evening flee... read more