“ He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. ”
He bowed the heavens also - He seemed to bend down the heavens - to bring them nearer to the earth. “He inclines the canopy of the heavens, as it were, toward the earth; wraps himself in the dark...
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and (f) darkness [was] under his feet. (f) Darkness signifies the wrath of God as the clear light signifies God's favour.
XVIII. See p. 367 for the reasons which make it impossible to ascribe this Ps. to David. Even scholars who hold traditional views admit that he cannot have written it as it stands, and that additio...
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. He bowed the heavens also, and came down - He made the heavens bend under him when he descended to take vengeance on his e...
Then the earth shook, &c.— In this, and the eight following verses, David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the majesty of God, and the awful manner in which he came t...
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. He bowed the heavens also, and came down. The wrath of which the kindling in heaven has been described is now seen d...
Of all the Pss. this is the one which can be ascribed with greatest confidence to David. It is found, with some variations, in 2 Samuel 22 , and the title is largely taken from 2 Samuel 22:1 . It c...
( 9 ) Darkness. — Better, black cloud. The dark masses of rain-cloud are now gathered, and bend to the earth under the majestic tread of God. (Comp. Nahum 1:3 , “and the clouds are the dust of...
Psalms 18:1-50 THE description of the theophany ( Psalms 18:7-19 ) and that of the psalmist's God-won victories ( Psalms 18:32-46 ) appear to refer to the same facts, transfigured in the former ca...
a Wonderful Deliverance Psalms 18:1-26 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1-51 . Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 18:2 and Psalms 18:49 are applied in the New Testament to the Lord...
This is one of the most majestic and beautiful of the worship psalms. It is at once a perfect pattern of praise and therefore a great revelation of the method and might and mercy of God. So clear and...
Is here not (for I do not presume to decide) an allusion to the descent of the Holy Ghost, after the return of Jesus to glory? And may we not without violence to the several expressions here set fort...
He bowed the heavens also, and came down ,.... To execute wrath and vengeance on wicked men; which is always the sense of these phrases when they go together; see Psalms 144:6 ; The Targum is, "he...
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet. Ver. 9. He bowed the heavens ] i.e. Velociter venit, saith R. David, he came speedily to destroy mine enemies....
He bowed the heavens By producing thick and dark clouds, by which the heavens seemed to come down to the earth; and came down Not by change of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and...
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. To the chief musician, A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unt...
He bowed the heavens, by producing thick and dark clouds, by which the heavens seem to come down to the earth. Came down; not by change of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and powe...
God Had Intervened On His Behalf ( Psalms 18:7-19 ). David's description of God's intervention portrays the situation from Heaven's point of view. Little was necessarily seen on earth, but David w...
INTRODUCTION “This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the figures used in it, and the consent of ancient commen...
Psalms 18:1 . I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. «I do love thee, and I will love thee yet more and more. I bind myself to thee for the future as well as the present.» Psalms 18:2 . The LO...
David prays here in his own person, this being a psalm of memorial, when the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of Saul and of all his enemies. But as he ever worshipped with the promise at his...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all those which are assigned to David by their titles...
A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Victory. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, H...
2 Peter 3:10 ; 2 Samuel 22:10 ; Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Deuteronomy 5:22 ; Deuteronomy 5:23 ; Hebrews 12:26 ; Isaiah 51:6 ; Joel 3:16 ; John 13:7 ; Mark 15:33 ; Matthew 24:29 ; Psalms 1:1 ;...
Bowed — By producing thick and dark clouds, whereby the heavens seem to come down to the earth. Came — Not by change of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and power on my behalf.