Psalms 18:15
The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered, when Yahweh rebuked his enemies when he snorted.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
16It was as though he reached down from heaven and grabbed me and pulled me up out of the deep ocean.
Cross References
Exodus 15:8You blew on the sea, and the water piled up high; the water stood up like two walls. In the deepest part of the sea the water became thick/solid, as though it was frozen.
1 Samuel 7:10While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistia army came near to attack the Israelis. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The soldiers of the Philistia army became very frightened, and then they ◄became confused/did not know what to do►. So the Israelis were able to defeat them.
2 Kings 19:7Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, that a foreign army is about to attack his country. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by men using swords.’”
Job 36:32It is as though he holds the lightning in his hands, and then he commands it to strike where he wants it to.
Psalms 74:15You caused springs and streams to flow, and you also dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.
Psalms 77:18Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning ◄lit up/flashed across► the entire sky [HYP]; the earth shook violently [DOU].
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 →