Psalms

Psalm 144:5–7

⁵Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;

touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

⁶Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them;

shoot Your arrows and rout them.

⁷Reach down from on high;

set me free and rescue me

from the deep waters,

from the grasp of foreigners,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Part	הַט־	haṭ-	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
Your heavens	שָׁמֶ֣יךָ	šā·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H8064 sky, aloft
O LORD	יְ֭הוָה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and come down	וְתֵרֵ֑ד	wə·ṯê·rêḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
touch	גַּ֖ע	ga‘	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
the mountains	בֶּהָרִ֣ים	be·hā·rîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
that they may smoke	וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃	wə·ye·‘ĕ·šā·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6225 smoke, be wroth

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Flash forth	בְּר֣וֹק	bə·rō·wq	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H1299 flash
Your lightning	בָּ֭רָק	bā·rāq	Noun - masculine singular	H1300 lightning
and scatter them	וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם	ū·ṯə·p̄î·ṣêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
shoot	שְׁלַ֥ח	šə·laḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7971 send
Your arrows	חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ	ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H2671 arrow
and rout them	וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃	ū·ṯə·hum·mêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H2000 make a noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Reach down	שְׁלַ֥ח	šə·laḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7971 send
from on high	מִמָּ֫ר֥וֹם	mim·mā·rō·wm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H4791 height
set me free	פְּצֵ֣נִי	pə·ṣê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H6475 part, open
and rescue me	וְ֭הַצִּילֵנִי	wə·haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H5337 strip, plunder
from the deep	רַבִּ֑ים	rab·bîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7227 much, many, great
waters	מִמַּ֣יִם	mim·ma·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
from the grasp	יָדֶ֗יךָ	yā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand
of foreigners	נֵכָֽר׃	nê·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H5236 that which is foreign, foreignness

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 144:5 Psalm 104:32 · Psalm 18:9 · Exodus 19:18 · Habakkuk 3:3–6

Psalm 144:6 Deuteronomy 32:23 · Psalm 18:13–14 · Deuteronomy 32:42 · Psalm 21:12 · Psalm 45:5 · Psalm 7:12–13 · 2 Samuel 22:12–15

Psalm 144:7 Psalm 69:1–2 · Psalm 18:16 · Psalm 54:3 · Revelation 17:15 · Psalm 18:44 · Psalm 93:3–4 · Revelation 12:15–16 · Matthew 27:43 · 2 Samuel 22:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.