Psalms Chapter 18 verse 11 Holy Bible
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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And he rode upon a cherub, and flew; yes, he flew upon the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - He made darkness his secret place; i.e. he hid himself amid clouds and thick darkness. In executing his judgments he did not allow himself to be seen. God's action is always secret and inscrutable. His pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. The original runs as follows: "He made darkness his secret place - his pavilion round about him - dark waters, thick clouds of the skies." The whole forms one sentence, "his pavilion" being in apposition with "secret place," and the last clause, "dark waters, thick clouds of the skies," being exegetical of the "darkness" in the first clause. God's "pavilion," or "tent" (סבּה), is mentioned again in Psalm 27:5 and Psalm 31:20.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Secret place.--Better, veil. Comp. Job 22:14; Lamentations 3:44. A better arrangement of the members of this verse is, He made darkness His veil round about Him; His tent He made of dark waters and black clouds. Literally, darkness of waters and blacknesses of clouds. (Comp. Psalm 97:2; Job 36:29.) In Samuel, instead of "blacknesses" of clouds, the expression used is "bendings," or "collectings," and the parallelism is marred by the omission of "his veil."Always present to the Hebrew imagination, God is still invisible, veiled by thick clouds, and far withdrawn in His own ineffable brightness.This verse gives suggestion of that momentary lull so common before the final fury of a storm bursts. In the Hebrew imagery Jehovah stays His winged car, and draws round Him, as if to take up His abode within them, thick curtains of cloud."We often see, against some storm, . . .
