2 Samuel 22:12
He hid himself in darkness, covering himself with black rainclouds.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
In Context
11Riding on a heavenly being he flew, swooping on the wings of the wind.
13Burning coals blazed out of his brightness.
Cross References
Job 36:29Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out, or how thunder roars from where he lives?
Psalms 27:5When troubles come he will protect me and keep me safe, hiding me in his house, as secure as if he'd placed me on a high rock.
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 →