9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
9 He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
9 he lowers the sky. He steps down; under his feet an abyss opens up.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
9 He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 18:9
Commentary on Psalm 18:1-19
(Read Psalm 18:1-19)
The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did, we shall speed as he did. God's manifestation of his presence is very fully described, Hebrews 5:7. God made the earth to shake and tremble, and the rocks to cleave, and brought him out, in his resurrection, because he delighted in him and in his undertaking.