² May you blow them away like smoke—^(A)
    as wax melts^(B) before the fire,
    may the wicked perish^(C) before God.

⁴ The mountains melt^(A) beneath him^(B)
    and the valleys split apart,^(C)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.

³ Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,^(A)
    like chaff^(B) swirling from a threshing floor,^(C)
    like smoke^(D) escaping through a window.