EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 18:11
11God covered himself with darkness. He hid himself in dark clouds that held rain.
Psalms 18:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- New International Version (NIV)He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
Context of Psalms 18:11
9God caused the sky to bend as he came down. Dark clouds were under his feet. 10He sat on a cherub and he flew. The wind carried him as he travelled. God covered himself with darkness. He hid himself in dark clouds that held rain. 12Bright light went in front of him. Hail and lightning fell from the clouds. 13The Lord sent thunder from the sky. People everywhere heard the voice of the Most High God.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:11 word by word
יָ֤שֶׁת חֹ֨שֶׁךְ׀ סִתְר֗וֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יו סֻכָּת֑וֹ חֶשְׁכַת־מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He madeשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
- darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
- his secret placeסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
- his pavilionסֻכָּהsûkkâh · boothH5521
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- darkחֶשְׁכָהcheshkâh · darkH2824
- watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- thick cloudsעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
- of the skiesשַׁ֫חַקshachaq · cloudH7834
Cross-references for Psalms 18:11
- Psalms 27:5When danger is near, the Lord will keep me safe. He will take care of me in his home. He will put me in a safe place, on the top of a high rock.
- Psalms 81:7When you had trouble, you called to me for help and I made you safe. I answered your prayers from the middle of the dark storm. I tested you at Meribah, when you had no water in the wilderness. Selah.
- Psalms 91:1If anyone lives in Almighty God's safe place, the Most High God protects that person.
- Psalms 97:2Dark clouds are all round the Lord. He rules with justice, and he is fair to everyone.
- Deuteronomy 4:11At that time, you came and you stood at the edge of the mountain. You saw that the fire on the mountain reached up to the sky. But the sky was full of black clouds and it was dark.
- Joel 2:2That day will be sad and dark. There will be dark clouds. A great big army is coming. It comes across the sky like light in the morning. A great army like this has never come before. And it will never come again in future years.
Commentaries on Psalms 18:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He made darkness his secret place - God is represented as dwelling in the thick darkness, Deuteronomy 4:11; Psalm 97:2. This representation in the place before us is peculiarly proper; as thick heavy clouds deeply charged, and with lowering aspects, are always the forerunners and attendants of a tempest, and greatly heighten the horrors of the appearance: and the representation of them, spread about the Almighty as a tent, is truly grand and poetic. Dark…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He made darkness his secret place - Herder has beautifully rendered this verse, “Now he wrapped himself in darkness; Clouds on clouds enclosed him round.” The word rendered “secret place” - סתר sêther - means properly a hiding; then something hidden, private, secret. Hence, it means a covering, a veil. Compare Job 22:14; Job 24:15. In Psalm 81:7 it is applied to thunder: “I answered thee in the secret place of thunder;” that is, in the secret place or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The Lord rules over all of nature (see Psalm 104:2–4; 148:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. dark waters--or, clouds heavy with vapor.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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