Psalms 18:9
He bowed the heauens also and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
In Context
8Smoke went out at his nostrels, and a consuming fire out of his mouth: coales were kindled thereat.
10And he rode vpon Cherub and did flie, and he came flying vpon the wings of the winde.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18And mount Sinai was all on smoke, because the Lord came downe vpon it in fire, and the smoke therof ascended, as the smoke of a fornace, and all the mount trembled exceedingly.
Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like God, O righteous people, which rideth vpon the heauens for thine helpe, and on the cloudes in his glory.
Psalms 50:3Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure before him, and a mightie tempest shall be mooued round about him.
Psalms 97:3There shall goe a fire before him, and burne vp his enemies round about.
Isaiah 51:6Lift vp your eyes to the heauens, and looke vpon the earth beneath: for the heauens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall waxe olde like a garment, and they that dwell therein, shall perish in like maner: but my saluation shall be for euer, and my righteousnesse shall not bee abolished.
Joel 3:16The Lord also shall roare out of Zion, and vtter his voyce from Ierusalem, and the heauens and the earth shall shake, but the Lord wil be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
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 →