Psalms 144:6 · KJV
“Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.”
— Psalms 144:6
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; {hand from: Heb. hands from}
Psalms 144 — Context
Man 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; {hand from: Heb. hands from}
8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Psalms 18:13-14
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail {stones} and coals of fire.
Deuteronomy 32:42
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; {and that} with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Psalms 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}
Psalms 7:12-13
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
2 Samuel 22:12-15
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, {and} thick clouds of the skies. {dark...: Heb. binding of waters}
Psalms 45:5
Thine arrows {are} sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; {whereby} the people fall under thee.
Psalms 77:17-18
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. {poured...: Heb. were poured forth with water}