2 Samuel 22:12
He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
In Context
11And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.
13By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.
Cross References
Job 36:29If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
Psalms 27:5For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →