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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Open the heavens, Lord, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.

Context of Psalms 144:5

3Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? 4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. Part your heavens, Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. 6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them. 7Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners

Psalms 144:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Bowנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• thy heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and they shall smokeעָשַׁן‛âshan · be angryH6225

Cross-references for Psalms 144:5

• Psalms 18:9He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
• Psalms 104:32he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
• Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.
• Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
• Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
• Hebrews 12:18You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;

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