Psalm 18:9

9 Er neigte den Himmel und fuhr herab, und Dunkel war unter seinen Füßen.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 18:9 In-Context

7 Die Erde bebte und ward bewegt, und die Grundfesten der Berge regten sich und bebten, da er zornig war.

8 Dampf ging von seiner Nase und verzehrend Feuer von seinem Munde, daß es davon blitzte.

9 Er neigte den Himmel und fuhr herab, und Dunkel war unter seinen Füßen.

10 Und er fuhr auf dem Cherub und flog daher; er schwebte auf den Fittichen des Windes.

11 Sein Gezelt um ihn her war finster und schwarze, dicke Wolken, darin er verborgen war. {~} {~}