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Salmos 144:5
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- DailyParallel Translations
Oh Señor , inclina tus cielos y desciende; toca los montes para que humeen.
Oh Jehov�, inclina tus cielos y desciende: Toca los montes, y humeen.
Oh SE�OR, abaja tus cielos y desciende; toca los montes, y humeen.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Bow: Psalms 18:9, Isaiah 64:1, Isaiah 64:2
touch: Psalms 104:32, Exodus 19:18, Nahum 1:3-6, Habakkuk 3:3-6, Hebrews 12:18
Reciprocal: Exodus 19:11 - the Lord Deuteronomy 32:22 - foundations 2 Samuel 22:10 - bowed Psalms 18:8 - went Psalms 29:7 - flames Psalms 57:3 - send Psalms 97:4 - His Psalms 108:6 - save Psalms 115:16 - heaven Amos 9:5 - toucheth Habakkuk 3:11 - at the light of thine arrows they went Zechariah 9:14 - his Acts 7:34 - and am
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down,.... The heavens, which the Lord has made, and where he dwells; and which are under his influence, and he can cause to incline or bow at his pleasure: and which literally may be said to bow, particularly the airy heavens, when these are filled with clouds heavy with rain, and hang low, ready to fall upon the earth, and being rent, let down showers on it: and mystically may design storms of wrath gathering over the heads of ungodly men, and revealed from heaven against them. Or rather, as connected with the phrase, "and come down", denotes some appearance or manifestation of God; either for the help and assistance of his people; or in a way of vengeance against their enemies; or both: and which descent must be understood in consistence with the omnipresence of God; and supposes his habitation to be on high, and is expressive of regard to the persons and affairs of men on earth; and is by some considered as a prayer for the incarnation of Christ, which is sometimes signified by coming down from heaven; not by change of place, nor by bringing an human nature, soul or body, down with him from heaven; but by the assumption of our nature; and which was greatly wished, prayed, and longed for, by the Old Testament saints The Targum is,
"O Lord, bow the heavens, and manifest thyself;''
see Psalms 18:9;
touch the mountains, and they shall smoke; as Mount Sinai did when the Lord descended on it, Exodus 19:18; see Psalms 104:32; These, according to Kimchi, signify mighty kings, strong as mountains: so kingdoms are sometimes called; as the Babylonian empire is called a mountain, a destroying and burnt mountain, Zechariah 4:7. Such kings and kingdoms rose up like mountains against Christ, when here incarnate; and against his Gospel, and the ministry of it by his apostles; as the kingdom and nation of the Jews, and the whole Pagan empire: but these, by a touch of his almighty power, have vanished into smoke, Psalms 2:1 Revelation 8:8.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Bow thy heavens, O Lord ... - Come to my aid “as if” the heavens were bent down; come down with all thy majesty and glory. See the notes at Psalms 18:9 : “He bowed down the heavens also, and came down.” What it is there declared that the Lord “had” done, he is here implored to do again.
Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke - See the notes at Psalms 104:32 : “He toucheth the hills, and they smoke.” It is there affirmed as a characteristic of God that he “does” this; here the psalmist prays that, as this belonged to God, or was in his power, he “would” do it in his behalf. The prayer is, that God would come to his relief “as if” in smoke and tempest - in the fury of the storm.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 144:5. Bow thy heavens — Psalms 18:9.
