Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 144:5

"Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke." — Psalms 144:5 (ASV)

Come down. —The theophany for which the psalmist prays is described in the classic language for such manifestations taken from Psalms 18:9; Psalms 18:13; Psalms 18:16–17; Psalms 18:43; Psalms 18:45, with reminiscences of Psalms 104:32; Exodus 19:18. But there are touches of originality, as in the next clause.