Psalm 18:9
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- He bowed
- Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David. When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.
- Psalm 68:4; Psalm 144:5–15; Deuteronomy 33:26; 2 Samuel 22:10; Isaiah 51:6; Joel 3:16; Matthew 24:29; Hebrews 12:26; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 20:11
- darkness
- Deuteronomy 5:22, 23; Mark 15:33; John 13:7