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Psalms 144:5

Yahweh, ◄tear open/open up► the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

In Context

4The time that we live is as short as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.

6Cause lightning to flash with the result that your enemies will run away! Shoot your arrows at them and cause them to ◄run away/scatter►.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18All of Sinai Mountain was covered in smoke, because Yahweh had descended on it, surrounded by a fire. The smoke rose up like the smoke from the chimney of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

Psalms 18:10He flew, riding on the back of a creature that had wings, traveling fast, blown along by the wind.

Isaiah 64:1“ Yahweh, I wish that you would tear open the sky and come down, and cause the mountains to shake in your presence.

Habakkuk 3:3In the vision, I saw God, the Holy One, coming from the Teman district in Edom; and I also saw him coming from the Paran Hills in the Sinai area. His glory filled the sky, and the earth was full of people who were praising him.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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