concept
Psalm 67 (68), verses 2-3
the wax psalm
also: Яко воск от лица огня
A Church Slavonic liturgical tag from the Orthodox Psalter ("as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the face of God"), here comically misapplied to a man's sudden disappearance.
Reading notes
- St. Peter's Day §169 Vanished! Like wax before the face of the fire!
A Church Slavonic tag from Psalm 67 (68) of the Orthodox liturgical Psalter -- 'as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the face of God' -- comically misapplied here to the doctor's sudden, mysterious disappearance.