Psalms 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Psalms 18:9 in other translations
| BSB | He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. |
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| WEB | He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. |
| ASV | He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. |
| YLT | And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet. |
| DARBY | And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. |
| BBE | The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet. |
| Webster | He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. |
What does Psalms 18:9 mean?
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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 18:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 18:9
- Psalms 144:5-15
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. …
- Deuteronomy 33:26
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- 2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
- 2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
- Deuteronomy 5:22-23
These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
- Mark 15:33
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- Joel 3:16
The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
- Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- John 13:7
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
- Hebrews 12:26
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
- Psalms 68:4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
68:4; 144:5-15; De 33:26; 2Sa 22:10; Isa 51:6; Joe 3:16; Mt 24:29
Heb 12:26; 2Pe 3:10; Re 20:11
darkness.
De 5:22,23; Mr 15:33; Joh 13:7
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Context
- Psalms 18:8
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
- Psalms 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
- Psalms 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Psalms 18:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y bajó los cielos, y descendió; y oscuridad debajo de sus pies. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Une fumée montait de ses narines, et un feu sortant de sa bouche dévorait; des charbons en jaillissaient embrasés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er neigte die Himmel und fuhr hernieder, und Dunkel war unter seinen Füßen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Justitiæ Domini rectæ, lætificantes corda; præceptum Domini lucidum, illuminans oculos. |