Deuteronomy 4:11; Joel 2:2; Psalms 27:5; Psalms 81:7; Psalms 91:1; Psalms 97:2
He made darkness his secret place - Herder has beautifully rendered this verse, “Now he wrapped himself in darkness; Clouds on clouds enclo...
He made darkness his (h) secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies. (h) As a king angry with the...
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 can...
darkness... dark. Hebrew. hashak. See notes on Job 3:6 .
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. He made darkness his secret place...
Then the earth shook, &c.— In this, and the eight following verses, David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the majes...
He made darkness his secret place— His tent. Chandler. God is frequently represented in the sacred writings as surrounded by clouds. See Psalms...
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. He made darkness his secret p...
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...
( 11 ) Secret place. — Better, veil. Comp. Job 22:14 ; Lamentations 3:44 . A better arrangement of the members of this verse is, He made dar...
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 refe...
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...
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 t...
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...
He made darkness his secret place ,.... Which, and the dark waters in the next clause, are the same with the thick clouds in the last, in which Jeho...
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies. Ver. 11. He made darkness his...
He made darkness his secret place Or, his hiding place: his covert , says Dr. Waterland; his tent , says Chandler. He covered himself with dark c...
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. To the chief musician, A psalm...
His secret place; or, his hiding-place ; i.e. he covered himself with dark clouds, from hence he secretly shot at his enemies, as it follows. Dar...
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....
INTRODUCTION “This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the fig...
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 futur...
Psalms 18:1 . To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the...
Psalms 18:1 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. What a blessed «I will»: «I will love thee»! He does love the Lord, and he declares that he...
Psalms 18:1-3 . I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will tr...
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....
His pavilions round about Him were. .. thick clouds of the skies. The ministry of the cloud His pavilions are thick clouds! Then the cloud is n...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all t...
A Psalm of Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Victory. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Te...
He made darkness His secret place, to veil and to hide Him; His pavilion round about Him, the tent of His dwelling, were dark waters and thick clo...
Darkness — He covered himself with dark clouds. Waters — Watery vapours.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.