시편 18:7-15 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:7

Then the earth shook and trembled - " In this and the 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 assistance. The representation of the storm in these verses must be allowed by all skillful and impartial judges to be truly sublime and noble, and in the genuine spirit of poetry. The majesty of God, and the manner in which he is represented as coming to the aid of his favourite king,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:8

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils - Or, 'There ascended into his nostrils a smoke,' as the words, literally rendered, signify. The ancients placed the seat of anger in the nose, or nostrils; because when the passions are warm and violent, it discovers itself by the heated vehement breath which proceeds from them. Hence the physiognomists considered open wide nostrils as a sign of an angry, fiery disposition. "This description of a smoke arising into and a fire breaking forth from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 appearance of the Divine majesty in a glorious cloud, descending from heaven, which underneath was substantially dark, but above, bright, and shining with exceeding lustre; and which, by its gradual approach to the earth, would appear as though the heavens themselves were bending down and approaching towards us. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:10

He rode upon a cherub, and did fly - That is, as it is immediately explained, Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. God was in the storm, and by the ministry of angels guided the course of it, and drove it on with such an impetuous force as nothing could withstand. He 'rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.' Angels are in a peculiar sense the attendants and messengers of the Almighty, whom he employs as his ministers in effecting many of those great events which take place in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:11

He 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 waters - The vapors... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:12

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed - The word נגה nogah signifies the lightning. This goes before him: the flash is seen before the thunder is heard, and before the rain descends; and then the thick cloud passes. Its contents are precipitated on the earth, and the cloud is entirely dissipated. Hail-stones and coals of fire - This was the storm that followed the flash and the peal; for it is immediately added: - read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:13

The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice - And then followed the hail and coals of fire. The former verse mentioned the lightning, with its effects; this gives us the report of the thunder, and the increasing storm of hail and fire that attended it. Some think the words hail-stones and coals of fire are entered here by some careless transcribers from the preceding verse; and it is true that they are wanting in the Septuagint and the Arabic, in the parallel place... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:14

Be sent out his arrows - he shot out lightning - I believe the latter clause to be an illustration of the former. He sent out his arrows - that is, he shot out lightning; for lightnings are the arrows of the Lord, and there is something very like the arrowhead apparent in the zigzag lightning. Sense and sound are wonderfully combined in the Hebrew of this last clause: ויהמם רב וברכים uberakim rab vaihummem , "and thunderings he multiplied and confounded them." Who does not hear the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:15

The channels of water were seen - This must refer to an earthquake; for in such cases, the ground being rent, water frequently gushes out at the fissures, and often rises to a tremendous height. Whole rivers were poured out of the chasms made by the earthquake in Jamaica, A. D. 1694; and new lakes of water were formed, covering a thousand acres of land! read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:7

Verse 7 7.Then the earth shook. David, convinced that the aid of God, which he had experienced, was of such a character, that it was impossible for him to extol it sufficiently and as it deserved, sets forth an image of it in the sky and the earth, as if he had said, It has been as visible as the changes which give different appearances to the sky and the earth. If natural things always flowed in an even and uniform course, the power of God would not be so perceptible. But when he changes the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 18:7

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