Psalms 144:5

Psalms 144:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
• New International Version (NIV)Part your heavens, Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Context of Psalms 144:5

3Lord, what is man, that You look after him? Or a son of man, that You think of him? 4Man is like the breath; His days are like a passing shadow. Bend down Your heavens, Lord, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke. 6Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them. 7Reach out with Your hand from on high; Rescue me and save me from great waters, From the hand of foreigners

Psalms 144:5 word by word

יְ֭הוָה הַט־שָׁמֶ֣יךָ וְתֵרֵ֑ד גַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Bendנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• Your heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• , Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• comeיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• Touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• that they may smokeעָשַׁן‛âshan · be angryH6225

Cross-references for Psalms 144:5

• Psalms 18:9He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and come down, That the mountains would quake at Your presence--
• Psalms 104:32He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
• Exodus 19:18Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the entire mountain quaked violently.
• Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In the gale and the storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
• Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise.
• Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

Commentaries on Psalms 144:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Bow thy heavens, O Lord … - Come to my aid “as if” the heavens were bent down; come down with all thy majesty and glory. See the notes at Psalm 18:9: “He bowed down the heavens also, and came down.” What it is there declared that the Lord “had” done, he is here implored to do again. Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke - See the notes at Psalm 104:32: “He toucheth the hills, and they smoke.” It is there affirmed as a characteristic of God that he…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