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Psalms 144:5

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).הַטhatspreadנָטָהverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “spread”, a commandH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…שָׁמֶ֣יךָshameykhaheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “heaven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וְתֵרֵ֑דveteredand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and bring down”, an unfinished actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…גַּ֖עgareachנָגַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “reach”, a commandH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.בֶּהָרִ֣יםbeharimin hillהַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּveyeeshanvand be angry smokeעָשַׁןconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be angry smoke”, an unfinished actionH6225to smoke, whether literal or figurativebe angry (be on a) smoke.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.

World English Bible

Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

Darby Translation

Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;

Douay-Rheims

They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριε, κλῖνον οὐρανούς σου καὶ κατάβηθι, ἅψαι τῶν ὀρέων καὶ καπνισθήσονται.