Psalms 18:9

9. He bowed the heavens… and came down At his command the heavens bend low, as if to convey him to battle. The imagery is partly taken from a severe thunderstorm and is partly Sinaitic. Exodus 19:20; Psalms 144:5.

Darkness Same as thick clouds, Psalms 18:11. See also Exodus 34:5; compare Psalms 97:2. They were as the floor of his pavilion. Nahum (Nahum 1:3) calls them, “the dust of his feet.”