Psalms 144:5
Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
In Context
4Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
6With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.
Psalms 18:10\18:9\The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Isaiah 64:1O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,\
Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 144:2-9
Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies. 1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 3 Lord , what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord , and… Read the whole commentary →