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Psalm 144:5 KJV
Psalms · chapter 144 · verse 5
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.Psalm 144:5 · King James Version
Psalm 144:5 in context
3LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- touchnâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Bownâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
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Here, I. David acknowledges his dependence upon God and his obligations to him, Psa 144:1, Psa 144:2. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy; and when we are waiting upon God to bless us we should stir up ourselves to bless him. He gives to God the glory of two things: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8