2 Samuel 22:12
And he made darkness his hiding place; 1 His tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, 1 He condensed it with the clouds of the air. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 cherubs and did fly, 1 And was seen upon the wings of the wind. 1
13At the brightness before him 1 Coals of fire were kindled. 1
Cross References
Job 36:29And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, 1 Or the measure of his tabernacle; 1
Psalms 27:5Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, 1 Even to the works of his hands, 1 Thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up. 1
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 →