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Psalm 18:9

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9 Une fumée montait de ses narines, et de sa bouche un feu dévorant; il en jaillissait des charbons embrasés.

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 ) .

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Psalm 18:9 In-Context

7 Dans ma détresse, j'invoquai l'Éternel, et je criai à mon Dieu. De son palais, il entendit ma voix, et les cris que je poussais vers lui parvinrent à ses oreilles.
8 Alors la terre fut ébranlée et trembla; les fondements des montagnes s'agitèrent et s'ébranlèrent, parce qu'il était courroucé.
9 Une fumée montait de ses narines, et de sa bouche un feu dévorant; il en jaillissait des charbons embrasés.
10 Il abaissa les cieux et descendit, ayant l'obscurité sous ses pieds.
11 Il était monté sur un chérubin, et il volait; il était porté sur les ailes du vent.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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