[a]Bow thine heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

[b]Cast forth the lightning and scatter them; shoot out thine arrows and consume them.

Send thine hand from above: deliver me, and take me out of the great [c]waters, and from the hand of strangers,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:5 He desireth God to continue his graces, and to send help for the present necessity.
  2. Psalm 144:6 By these manner of speeches he showeth that all the lets in the world cannot hinder God’s power, which he apprehended by faith.
  3. Psalm 144:7 That is, deliver me from the tumults of them that should be my people, but are corrupt in their judgment and enterprises, as though they were strangers.

Part your heavens,(A) Lord, and come down;(B)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(C)
Send forth lightning(D) and scatter(E) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows(F) and rout them.
Reach down your hand from on high;(G)
    deliver me and rescue me(H)
from the mighty waters,(I)
    from the hands of foreigners(J)

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