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Psalms 18:11

(18-12) He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

In Context

10(18-11) And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.

12(18-13) At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:5For He concealeth me in His pavilion in the day of evil; He hideth me in the covert of His tent; He lifteth me up upon a rock.

Psalms 91:1O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;

Psalms 104:3Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind;

Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spread upon the mountains; a great people and a mighty, there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:2-20

David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. 1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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