Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 144:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 144:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 144:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King David, this verse is a prayer asking God to come down from the sky and show His power in an amazing way, like making mountains smoke. It's like asking for a really big sign that God is there to help.

Psalms 144:5: Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

Psalms 144:5 depicts God physically interacting with the world by bending the heavens, while 1 Kings 8:27 emphasizes God's transcendence and inability to be contained physically.

1 Kings 8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Contradiction with James 1:17

Psalms 144:5 implies a changeable action of God interacting with the world, while James 1:17 suggests God’s nature is unchanging with no shadow of turning.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Contradiction with Hebrews 13:8

The verse in Psalms suggests God taking direct and new action, but Hebrews 13:8 states that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, emphasizing constancy rather than change.

Hebrews 13:8: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Contradiction with Malachi 3:6

Similar to Hebrews 13:8, Malachi 3:6 portrays God as unchanging, which could be seen as contradictory to the dynamic action described in Psalms 144:5.

Malachi 3:6: For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Contradiction with Isaiah 57:15

While Psalms 144:5 shows an active intervention of God, Isaiah 57:15 emphasizes God’s dwelling in the high and holy place, focusing more on His separation from the immediate earthly plane.

Isaiah 57:15: For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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