Psalms 144:5
Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 shadow that passes away.
6Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
Psalms 18:10He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
Isaiah 64:1Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—
Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, 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 →