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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them!

Context of Psalms 144:6

4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. 5Part your heavens, Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. Send 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 8whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.

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 from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
• Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth.
• 2 Samuel 22:12He made darkness his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
• Psalms 7:12If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
• Psalms 21:12You will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.
• Psalms 45:5Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.
• Deuteronomy 32:23“I will heap calamities on them and spend my arrows against 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