Psalms 144:5
Bow thine heauens, O Lord, and come downe: touch the mountaines and they shall smoke.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.
6Cast forth the lightning and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and consume them.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18And mount Sinai was all on smoke, because the Lord came downe vpon it in fire, and the smoke therof ascended, as the smoke of a fornace, and all the mount trembled exceedingly.
Psalms 18:10And he rode vpon Cherub and did flie, and he came flying vpon the wings of the winde.
Isaiah 64:1Oh, that thou wouldest breake the heauens, and come downe, and that the mountaines might melt at thy presence!
Habakkuk 3:3God commeth from Teman, and the holy one from mount Paran, Selah. His glory couereth the heauens, and the earth is full of his prayse,
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 →