Psalm 144:3-7

My Rock and My Fortress

3 O Lord, n what is man that you o regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
 4 p Man is like a breath;
his days are like q a passing r shadow.

5 s Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
t Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
 6 u Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
u send out your arrows and rout them!
 7 v Stretch out your hand from on high;
w rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
from the hand x of foreigners,

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 8:4
    What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 31:7
    I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 39:5
    Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 102:11
    My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
    Psalms 109:23
    I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
  5. Cross References
    Job 8:9
    For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 18:9
    He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
    Isaiah 64:1
    Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence -
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 104:32
    Who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 18:14
    And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 18:14
    And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 18:16
    He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 69:14
    Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 18:44 - 45
    As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
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