Psalms 18:13

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

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 darkness his hiding place; in his tabernacle round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the heavens.

12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

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

14 He sent out his arrows and scattered them; he shot out lightnings and destroyed them.

15 Then the depths of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.