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

4People soon pass away, just like a breath. Their life is like a shadow that soon goes. 5Lord, open up the heavens! Leave your home and come down to earth! Touch the mountains so that they burn with smoke. Send bright lightning to frighten your enemies. Shoot your arrows at them so that they run away. 7Put your hand down from heaven, and pick me out from the deep water. Save me from the power of foreign people. 8Their mouths speak lies. Even when they make a promise, they are deceiving people.

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 sent thunder from the sky. People everywhere heard the voice of the Most High God.
• Psalms 77:17Rain poured down from the clouds. The noise of thunder was in the skies. Your arrows of lightning shot everywhere.
• 2 Samuel 22:12God put darkness all round him. He hid himself under dark clouds that held rain.
• Psalms 7:12If they do not change the way that they live, God will prepare to punish them. He will make his sword sharp, and he will put an arrow in his bow.
• Psalms 21:12No! You shoot your arrows at them, so that they turn round and they run away!
• Psalms 45:5Your sharp arrows will cut into the heart of your enemies. Nations will fall down under your feet.
• Deuteronomy 32:23I will cause them to have many kinds of trouble. I will attack them like a soldier who shoots all his arrows.

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