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Psalm 144:6 KJV
Psalms · chapter 144 · verse 6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.Psalm 144:6 · King James Version
Psalm 144:6 in context
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;
8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- lightningbârâqlightningH1300 →
- scatterpûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figurativelyH6327 →
- arrowschêtsproperly, a piercerH2671 →
- forthbâraqto lightenH1299 →
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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