Psalms 144:5

O Lord, make the sky sink ¹  and come down! ²  Touch the mountains and make them smolder! ³ 

Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Bend down the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.

Step down out of heaven, GOD; ignite volcanoes in the hearts of the mountains.

Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.

Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.

Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

O Lord, make the sky sink ¹  and come down! ²  Touch the mountains and make them smolder! ³ 

¹ tn The Hebrew verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “to [cause to] bend; to [cause to] bow down.” For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the Lord causes the sky, pictured as a dome or vault, to sink down as he descends in the storm. See Ps 18:9.

² tn Heb “so you might come down.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The same type of construction is utilized in v. 6.

³ tn Heb “so they might smolder.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose after the preceding imperative.