Psalms 144:5
ContextNETBible | O Lord, make the sky sink 1 and come down! 2 Touch the mountains and make them smolder! 3 |
XREF | Ex 19:18; Ps 18:9; Ps 104:32; Isa 64:1,2; Na 1:3-6; Hab 3:3-6; Heb 12:18 |
NET © Notes |
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 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. |