He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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Gill's Exposition
At the brightness that was before him, The lightning that came out of the thick clouds; which may denote, either the coming of Christ to take vengeance on the Jewish nation, which was swift and…
Barnes' Notes
He 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…
The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (Sa2 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm was delivered to the chief musician, or precentor, in the temple-songs. Note,…
Cambridge Bible
R.V. He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him;
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
The darkness of the rain-charged storm-cloud is the tent in which Jehovah shrouds…
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