Psalms 144:5
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Majority Standard Bible
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 days are like a passing shadow.
6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Psalms 18:10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
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 →