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Wycliffe Bible
Psalms 18:9
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He bent the heavens and came down,total darkness beneath his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
He tore open the sky and came down with dark clouds under his feet.
He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also and came down; And thick darkness was under His feet.
He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heauens also & came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.
He bowed the heavens and came downWith thick darkness under His feet.
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds under His feet.
You opened the heavens like curtains, and you came down with storm clouds under your feet.
Smoke arose in his nostrils; out of his mouth came devouring fire; sparks blazed forth from him.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
He tore open the sky and came down! He stood on a thick, dark cloud.
He bowed the heavens and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet.
He tore the sky open and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.
So he bowed the heavens and came down with a thick cloud under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also and came down, and darkness was under His feet;
He bowed the heaues & came downe, & it was darcke vnder his fete.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour;
He bowed the heauens also, and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feet.
He bowed the heauens also, and he came downe: and it was darke vnder his feete.
And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
He parted the heavens and came down. Dark clouds were under His feet.
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;
(17-10) He bowed the heavens, and came down, and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
He bowed: Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David. When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him. Psalms 68:4, Psalms 144:5-15, Deuteronomy 33:26, 2 Samuel 22:10, Isaiah 51:6, Joel 3:16, Matthew 24:29, Hebrews 12:26, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 20:11
darkness: Deuteronomy 5:22, Deuteronomy 5:23, Mark 15:33, John 13:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:8 - I am Exodus 19:11 - the Lord Exodus 20:21 - thick Luke 9:34 - there
Cross-References
And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?
which Ysaac ledde hir in to the tabernacle of Sare, his modir, and took hir to wijf; and so myche he louede hir, that he temperide the sorewe which bifelde of the deeth of the modir.
And so Laban entride into the tabernacle of Jacob, and of Lya, and of euer eithir meyne, and foond not; and whanne Laban hadde entrid in to the tente of Rachel,
and that thei be prudent, chast, sobre, hauynge cure of the hous, benygne, suget to her hosebondis, that the word of God be not blasfemyd.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 bowed the heavens, and his glory appeared"; that is, the glory of his power, and of his mighty hand of vengeance; for not his grace and mercy, but his indignation and wrath, showed themselves; for it follows,
and darkness [was] under his feet; the Targum is, "a dark cloud", expressive of the awfulness of the dispensation to wicked men; who are not allowed to see the face of God, are debarred his presence, and denied, communion with him, and to whom everything appears awful and terrible, Psalms 97:2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 darkness of night, and shoots forth his arrows; hurls abroad his lightnings, and wings them with speed.” Herder, Spirit of Hebrew Poetry (Marsh), ii. 157. The allusion is still to the tempest, when the clouds ran low; when they seem to sweep along the ground; when it appears as if the heavens were brought nearer to the earth - as if, to use a common expression, “the heavens and earth were coming together.”
And came down - God himself seemed to descend in the fury of the storm.
And darkness was under his feet - A dark cloud; or, the darkness caused by thick clouds. Compare Nahum 1:3, “The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.” Deuteronomy 4:11, “the mountain burned ... with thick darkness.” Deuteronomy 5:22, “these words the Lord spake out of the thick darkness.” Psalms 97:2, “clouds and darkness are round about him.” The idea here is that of awful majesty and power, as we are nowhere more forcibly impressed with the idea of majesty and power than in the fury of a storm.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 18:9. He bowed the heavens also, and came down — - He made the heavens bend under him when he descended to take vengeance on his enemies. The psalmist seems here to express the appearance of the Divine majesty in a glorious cloud, descending from heaven, which underneath was substantially dark, but above, bright, and shining with exceeding lustre; and which, by its gradual approach to the earth, would appear as though the heavens themselves were bending down and approaching towards us.
