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11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
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.
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.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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.
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. Exampl…
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