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 are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears. 5O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder! Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them! 7Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners, 8who speak lies, and make false promises.

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 thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted.
• Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.
• 2 Samuel 22:12He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
• Psalms 7:12If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow.
• Psalms 21:12For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them.
• Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet.
• Deuteronomy 32:23I will increase their disasters, I will use up 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

Topics related to Psalms 144:6

• Arrow
• Lightning
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Arrows
• Happy
• Lightning
• Plant
• Street
• Strong
• Psalms, Book of

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