11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him- the dark rain clouds of the sky.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
11 Now he's wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black-cloud darkness.
11 He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
11 He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
3 He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
3 You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings.
3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind,
3 you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind.
(Read Psalm 104:1-9)
Every object we behold calls on us to bless and praise the Lord, who is great. His eternal power and Godhead are clearly shown by the things which he hath made. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. The Lord Jesus, the Son of his love, is the Light of the world.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 18:11
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.