Psalms 18:11

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.

Context of Psalms 18:11

9He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. 10He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind. He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky. 12Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. 13The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

Psalms 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 27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 81:7In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
• Psalms 91:1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
• Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
• Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come.

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