Psalms 144:5
Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
In Context
4Man to vanity hath been like, His days [are] as a shadow passing by.
6Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,
Cross References
Exodus 19:18and mount Sinai [is] wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly;
Psalms 18:10And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.
Isaiah 64:1Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
Habakkuk 3:3God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath 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 →