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Psalms 18:11

God's power and sovereignty

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
KJV
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
WEB
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
ASV
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
DARBY
He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
BLB
He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—darkness of waters [and] thick clouds of vapors.
ÅB
Han gjorde mørke til sitt dekke;
omgav seg med det til skjul;
mørke vann, tykke skyer.
OTB
Han gjorde mørket til sitt hemmelige sted, sitt dekke omkring seg,
Mørke vann, tykke skyer på himmelen.
B1930
Han gjorde mørke til sitt dekke, rundt omkring sig til sitt skjul, mørke vann, tykke skyer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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  • Deuteronomy 4:11

    And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

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  • Psalms 97:2

    Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

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  • Joel 2:2

    A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

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  • Psalms 81:7

    Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

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  • Psalms 91:1

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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  • Psalms 27:5

    For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

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