Psalms 144:5
O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto a breath; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18Now mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Psalms 18:10(18-11) And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.
Isaiah 64:1(63-19) Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence,
Habakkuk 3:3God cometh from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, and the earth is 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 →