9 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
9 Smoke went up from his nostrils,
9 His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out;
9 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
9 Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
13 Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
13 Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.
13 But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks.
13 From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.
13 A great brightness shone around him, and burning coals blazed forth.
David's psalm of thanksgiving.
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as 2 Timothy 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:9
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David's psalm of thanksgiving.
This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as 2 Timothy 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.