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Psalms 144:6
6Hurl bolts of lightning, and scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and throw them into confusion.
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
4Humans are like a breath of air. Their life span is like a fleeting shadow. 5O Lord, bend your heaven low, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. Hurl bolts of lightning, and scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and throw them into confusion. 7Stretch out your hands from above. Snatch me, and rescue me from raging waters and from foreigners’ hands. 8Their mouths speak lies. Their right hands take false pledges.
Read all of Psalms 144Psalms 144:6 word by word
בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 144:6
- Psalms 18:13The Lord thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.
- Psalms 77:17The clouds poured out water. The sky thundered. Even your arrows flashed in every direction.
- 2 Samuel 22:12He surrounded himself with darkness. He made the dark rain clouds his covering.
- Psalms 7:12If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready ⌞to shoot⌟.
- Psalms 21:12They turn their backs ⌞and flee⌟ because you aim your bow at their faces.
- Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies. Nations fall beneath you.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will bring one disaster after another on them. I will use up all 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
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