Psalms 18:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
  • Deut 4:11 : 11 And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
  • Ps 81:7 : 7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Joel 2:2 : 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

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    10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

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    8Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth: coals were kindled by it.

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  • Ps 18:12-14
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    12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

    13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.

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    10He has encircled the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

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    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

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    2Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

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  • Job 38:9
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    9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

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