Psalms 18:9
What meaning of the psalms 18:9 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 18:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet."
What does Psalms 18:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet."
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 appearanc...
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...
Psalms 18 The Story of God's Power in Behalf of Christ _ 1. In the jaws of death (Psalms 18:1)_ 2. God appearing and delivering (Psalms 18:7) 3. God gave Him glory (Psalms 18:19) 4. His enemies...
XVIII. See p. 367 for the reasons which make it impossible to ascribe this Ps. to David. Even scholars who hold traditional views admit that he cannot have written it as it stands, and that additional...
Forthwith David's prayer is answered by the Advent of Jehovah for the discomfiture of his enemies. He manifests Himself in earthquake and storm. The majestic though terrible phenomena of nature are th...
THEN THE EARTH SHOOK, &C.— In this, and the eight following verses, David describes, by the sublimest expressions and grandest terms, the majesty of God, and the awful manner in which he came to his a...
PSALMS 18 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE David's Song of Deliverance. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 18:1-6, By many Epithets of Admiration, the Psalmist proclaims Jehovah as Worthy of Praise, for Delivering him fr...
_HE BOWED THE HEAVENS ALSO, AND CAME DOWN: AND DARKNESS WAS UNDER HIS FEET._ He bowed the heavens also, and came down. The wrath of which the kindling in heaven has been described is now seen descend...
Of all the Pss. this is the one which can be ascribed with greatest confidence to David. It is found, with some variations, in 2 Samuel 22, and the title is largely taken from 2 Samuel 22:1. It consis...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_(_9_)_ DARKNESS. — Better, _black cloud._ The dark masses of rain-cloud are now gathered, and bend to the earth under the majestic tread of God. (Comp. Nahum 1:3, “and the clouds are the dust of his...
_[Psalms 18:10]_ וַ יֵּ֣ט שָׁ֭מַיִם וַ יֵּרַ֑ד וַ֝ עֲרָפֶ֗ל תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃...
Psalms 18:1 THE description of the theophany (Psalms 18:7) and that of the psalmist's God-won victories (Psalms 18:32) appear to refer to the same facts, transfigured in the former case by devout ima...
A WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE Psalms 18:1 There is another edition of this psalm in 2 Samuel 22:1.Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:2 and Psalms 18:49 are applied in the New Testament to the Lord Jesus, Hebrews 2:13...
This is one of the most majestic and beautiful of the worship psalms. It is at once a perfect pattern of praise and therefore a great revelation of the method and might and mercy of God. So clear and...
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and (f) darkness [was] under his feet. (f) Darkness signifies the wrath of God as the clear light signifies God's favour....
_Justices. The law displays what is just, and renders those who observe it agreeable to God, (St. Gregory of Nazianzus) filling their hearts with joy, by the testimony of a good conscience, and the pr...
Is here not (for I do not presume to decide) an allusion to the descent of the Holy Ghost, after the return of Jesus to glory? And may we not without violence to the several expressions here set forth...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 18 AND 19. Psalms 18 presents to us the connection of Christ, and particularly of His (not atoning suffering that is found in Psalms 22, but His) entering into t...
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...
_He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet._ Ver. 9. _He bowed the heavens_] _i.e._ _Velociter venit,_ saith R. David, he came speedily to destroy mine enemies. _ A...
_He bowed the heavens_ By producing thick and dark clouds, by which the heavens seemed to come down to the earth; _and came down_ Not by change of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and p...
A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE AND VICTORY. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical service of the Tabernacle and the Temple, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, His...
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...
HE BOWED THE HEAVENS, by producing thick and dark clouds, by which the heavens seem to come down to the earth. CAME DOWN; not by change of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and power on...
Psalms 18:9 bowed H5186 (H8799) heavens H8064 down H3381 (H8799) darkness H6205 feet H7272 He bowed - Psalms 68:4, Psalms 144:5-15; Deuteronomy 33:26; 2 Samuel 22:10; Isaiah 51:6;...
GOD HAD INTERVENED ON HIS BEHALF (PSALMS 18:7). David's description of God's intervention portrays the situation from Heaven's point of view. Little was necessarily seen on earth, but David was aware...
Psalms 18:1. _I will love thee, O Lord, my strength._ «I do love thee, and I will love thee yet more and more. I bind myself to thee for the future as well as the present.» Psalms 18:2. _The LORD is...
CONTENTS: Praise for God's marvelous deliverances. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God not only will deliver His trusting people out of their difficulties in due time, but will give them grace t...
David prays here in his own person, this being a psalm of memorial, when the Lord had delivered him out of the hands of Saul and of all his enemies. But as he ever worshipped with the promise at his c...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 18:1. This royal psalm celebrates the way God has shown his love to his people by giving them the Davidic monarchy and by preserving David through many dangers (see v. Psalm...
INTRODUCTION “This magnificent triumphal hymn was composed by David in celebration of his deliverance from his enemies. But the sublimity of the figures used in it, and the consent of ancient comment...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has many characteristics which distinguish it, not only from all that have preceded it in the collection, but from all those which are assigned to David by their titles. In the f...
The eighteenth psalm has a long title to it. It is to chief musician. It is a psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered hi...
2 Peter 3:10; 2 Samuel 22:10; Deuteronomy 33:26; Deuteronomy 5:22; Deuteronomy 5:23; Hebrews 12:26; Isaiah 51:6; Joel 3:16; John 13:7; M
Bowed — By producing thick and dark clouds, whereby the heavens seem to come down to the earth. Came — Not by change of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and power on my behalf....