Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 18:11 in other translations
| BSB | He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, 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. |
| BBE | He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. |
| Webster | He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. |
What does Psalms 18:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:1-19
The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did…
Psalms 18:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 18:11
- 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.
- Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- 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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Context
- Psalms 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 18:12
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms 18:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Puso tinieblas por escondedero suyo, su pabellón en derredor de sí; oscuridad de aguas, nubes de los cielos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il était monté sur un chérubin, et volait, et il planait sur les ailes du vent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Finsternis machte er zu seinem Bergungsort, zu seinem Zelte rings um sich her, Finsternis der Wasser, dichtes Himmelsgewölk. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | desiderabilia super aurum et lapidem pretiosum multum, et dulciora super mel et favum. |