10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
10 He bowed H5186 the heavens H8064 also, and came down; H3381 and darkness H6205 was under his feet. H7272
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
10 And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness `is' under His feet.
10 And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet.
10 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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.
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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Commentary on 2 Samuel 22 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 22
2Sa 22:1-51. David's Psalm of Thanksgiving for God's Powerful Deliverance and Manifold Blessings.
The song contained in this chapter is the same as the eighteenth Psalm, where the full commentary will be given [see on Ps 18:1, &c.]. It may be sufficient simply to remark that Jewish writers have noticed a great number of very minute variations in the language of the song as recorded here, from that embodied in the Book of Psalms—which may be accounted for by the fact that this, the first copy of the poem, was carefully revised and altered by David afterwards, when it was set to the music of the tabernacle. This inspired ode was manifestly the effusion of a mind glowing with the highest fervor of piety and gratitude, and it is full of the noblest imagery that is to be found within the range even of sacred poetry. It is David's grand tribute of thanksgiving for deliverance from his numerous and powerful enemies, and establishing him in the power and glory of the kingdom.