12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. …
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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-51)Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord ? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God ? They are dead, but the Lord liveth , 2 Sam. 22:47…
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