Psalms 18:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psalms 18:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
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.
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 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Darkness God Guidance Lord Majesty Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-19)

The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (2 Sam. 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm was delivered to the chief musician, or precentor, in the temple-songs. Note, The private compositions of good men, designed by them for their own use, may be serviceable to the public, that others may not only borrow light from their candle, but heat from their fire. Example…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. dark waters--or, clouds heavy with vapor.