Psalm 18:9
9 He bowed [natah] the heavens [shamayim] also, and came down: [yarad]
and darkness [`araphel] was under his feet. [regel] KJV-Interlinear
9 He
bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet. NASB
The symbolism continues
of the overwhelming power and presence of God.
The heavens seem to come
down to the earth in the form of heavy storm filled clouds riding low in the
sky, churning from powerful winds, appearing violent across the entire horizon
and beyond.
The darkness of the storm
covers the internal strength of its power.
The size and mass of the storm is impossible to determine. Its source, its duration, its destination as
it rolls across the land, also are impossible to determne.
Even with todays modern
science and satellite photographs of storms that show their huge mass and
strength, but cannot completely forecast their ultimate result.
Today, we might use
examples of a galaxy or a black hole, which are things that are beyond the human
abilty to measure. Their magnitude and
power being immense.
But this imagery is of a
storm that is right down in the face of the observer, up close and personal. And this leaves the observer nowhere to run
or hide or escape, and certainly no means of determining its total magnitude.
This leaves the arrogance
of the observer, amounting to nothing, his mockery, a shambles, his attitude in
check, and makes it very clear that God is the almighty, the all-powerful and in
all of creation, there is no equal.
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