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Psalms 18:9

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18:9 He made the sky sink 1  as he descended;

a thick cloud was under his feet.

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[18:9]  1 tn The Hebrew verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[cause to] bend, bow down.” For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the Lord causes the sky, pictured as a dome or vault, to sink down as he descends in the storm.



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