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

3O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them? 4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. Open the heavens, Lord, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. 6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them! 7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.

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 opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence!
• Psalms 104:32The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch.
• Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.
• Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished. He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm. The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
• Habakkuk 3:3I see God moving across the deserts from Edom, the Holy One coming from Mount Paran. His brilliant splendor fills the heavens, and the earth is filled with his praise.
• Hebrews 12:18You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.

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