Psalms 144:6

Psalms 144:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
• New International Version (NIV)Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.

Context of Psalms 144:6

4Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a shadow that passes away. 5Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. Flash lightning and scatter my enemies; Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them. 7Stretch out Your hand from above; Set me free and rescue me from great waters, Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us] 8Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint], And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalms 144:6 word by word

בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Cast forthבָּרַקbâraq · to flashH1299
• lightningבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• and scatterפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• them: shoot outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• thine arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• and destroyהָמַםhâmam · to confuseH2000

Cross-references for Psalms 144:6

• Psalms 18:13The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down water; The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.
• 2 Samuel 22:12He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
• Psalms 7:12If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.
• Psalms 21:12For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat]; You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
• Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp; The peoples (nations) fall under You; Your arrows pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.
• Deuteronomy 32:23‘I will heap misfortunes on them; I will use My arrows on them.

Commentaries on Psalms 144:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them - See the notes at Psalm 18:14: “He sent out his arrows, and scattered them.” The allusion there is to lightning. The psalmist prays that; God would do now again what he had then done. The Hebrew here is, “Lighten lightning;” that is, Send forth lightning. The word is used as a verb nowhere else. Shoot out thine arrows … - So in Psalm 18:14: “He shot out lightnings.” The words are the same here as in that psalm…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The psalmist asks God to act against his enemies (compare Psalm 18:7–19).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 144

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings