Verse 9
Psalms 18:9
Darby Translation
9
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָ֘לָ֤ה עָשָׁ֨ן בְּ/אַפּ֗/וֹ וְ/אֵשׁ מִ/פִּ֥י/ו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּ֝חָלִ֗ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽ/נּוּ
English Translation
Smoke has ascended from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth consumes coals that were kindled from it.
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Chapter 18 Context
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{To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words o...
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Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God (Elohim), my rock, in whom I will trus...
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I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
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The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
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In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God (Elohim); he heard my voice out of h...
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Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he...
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth fr...
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And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the...
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From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
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And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
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14
And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited...
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15
And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke,...
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He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
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He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I.
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They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
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And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath...
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For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God (Elohim).
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For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
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And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
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And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hand...
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With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself uprig...
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With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
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For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
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For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God (Elohim) enlighteneth my darkness.
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For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God (Elohim) have I leaped over a wall.
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As for God (Elohim), his way is perfect; the word of Jehovah is tried: he is a shield to all that tr...
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For who is God (Elohim) save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God (Elohim)?
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The God (Elohim) who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,
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Who maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places;
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Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
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And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescen...
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Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
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I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
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I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
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And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against...
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And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
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They cried, and there was none to save; unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
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And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
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43
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations:...
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At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
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Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
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Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God (Elohim) of my salvation,
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The God (Elohim) who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
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48
Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against...
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Therefore will I give thanks to thee, Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing psalms to thy name.
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[It is he] who giveth great deliverances to his king, and sheweth loving-kindness to his anointed, t...
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