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Psalms 18:11

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

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ASV

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

KJV

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יָ֤שֶׁתYa.shethe madeH7896 →
חֹ֨שֶׁךְ׀Cho.shekhdarknessH2822 →
סִתְר֗וֹsit.Rocovering hisH5643 →
סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יוse.vi.vo.Tavaround himH5439 →
סֻכָּת֑וֹsu.ka.Tocanopy hisH5521 →
חֶשְׁכַת־chesh.khat-darkness ofH2824 →
מַ֝֗יִםMa.yimwatersH4325 →
עָבֵ֥י'a.Veidark clouds ofH5645 →
שְׁחָקִֽים׃she.cha.KimcloudsH7834 →

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Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.Job 38:19Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.Psalms 81:7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. SelahJoel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.Jeremiah 43:10Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.Job 36:32He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.Exodus 14:20so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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