Psalms 18:13

13 The LORD thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.

Psalms 18:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 18:13

The Lord also thundered in the heavens
By his apostles and ministers, some of which were Boanergeses, sons of thunder, whose ministry was useful to shake the consciences of men, and bring them to a sense of themselves, ( Mark 3:17 ) ;

and the Highest gave his voice;
the same with thunder; for thunder is often called the voice of the Lord, ( Job 37:5 ) ( 40:9 ) ( Psalms 29:3-9 ) ; compare with this ( Psalms 68:11 ) ; the Targum interprets it, "he lifted up his word"; the same effects as before follow,

hail [stones] and coals of fire; (See Gill on Psalms 18:12).

Psalms 18:13 In-Context

11 He made the darkness his hiding place, the dark rain clouds his covering.

12 Out of the brightness in front of him, those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning.

13 The LORD thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.

14 He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.

15 Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at your stern warning, O LORD, at the blast of the breath from your nostrils.