Salmos 18:9

9 Ele abaixou os céus e desceu; trevas espessas havia debaixo de seus pés.

Salmos 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 18:9

He bowed the heavens also, and came down
To execute wrath and vengeance on wicked men; which is always the sense of these phrases when they go together; see ( Psalms 144:6-8 ) ( Isaiah 64:1 Isaiah 64:2 ) ; The Targum is, "he bowed the heavens, and his glory appeared"; that is, the glory of his power, and of his mighty hand of vengeance; for not his grace and mercy, but his indignation and wrath, showed themselves; for it follows,

and darkness [was] under his feet;
the Targum is, "a dark cloud", expressive of the awfulness of the dispensation to wicked men; who are not allowed to see the face of God, are debarred his presence, and denied, communion with him, and to whom everything appears awful and terrible, ( Psalms 97:2-5 ) .

Salmos 18:9 In-Context

7 Então a terra se abalou e tremeu, e os fundamentos dos montes também se moveram e se abalaram, porquanto ele se indignou.

8 Das suas narinas subiu fumaça, e da sua boca saiu fogo devorador; dele saíram brasas ardentes.

9 Ele abaixou os céus e desceu; trevas espessas havia debaixo de seus pés.

10 Montou num querubim, e voou; sim, voou sobre as asas do vento.

11 Fez das trevas o seu retiro secreto; o pavilhão que o cercava era a escuridão das águas e as espessas nuvens do céu.