Psalms 144:6
I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
In Context
5I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap evils upon them, and will spend my arrows among them.
2 Samuel 22:12He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
Psalms 18:13At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
Psalms 21:12For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
Psalms 64:8and God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
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 →