Psalms 18:13

13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.^[a]

Psalms 18:13 in Other Translations

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

13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded amid the hail and burning coals.

13 Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout, spraying hailstones and fireballs.

13 The Lord thundered from heaven; the Most High projected His voice.

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 covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.

12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.

13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

15 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 9:23; S 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 29:3; Psalms 104:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts "resounded," / "amid hailstones and bolts of lightning"