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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He bowed
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
u the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
also, and came down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
: and darkness
`araphel (Hebrew #6205)
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
KJV usage: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
Pronounce: ar-aw-fel'
Origin: probably from 6201
was under his feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
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Psa. 144:5• 5Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke; (Psa. 144:5)
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Cross References

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He bowed.Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David.
When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful:
His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds!
No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.
Psa. 68:4• 4Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him. (Psa. 68:4)
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Psa. 144:5‑15• 5Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
 6Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:
 7Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,
 8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
 9O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:
 10Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.
 11Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
 12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
 13Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;
 14Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
 15Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah! (Psa. 144:5‑15)
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Deut. 33:26• 26There is none like unto the *God of Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens to thy help, And in his majesty, upon the clouds. (Deut. 33:26)
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2 Sam. 22:10• 10And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet. (2 Sam. 22:10)
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Isa. 51:6• 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. (Isa. 51:6)
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Joel 3:16• 16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16)
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Matt. 24:29• 29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. (Matt. 24:29)
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Heb. 12:26• 26whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will *I* shake not only the earth, but also the heaven. (Heb. 12:26)
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2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)
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Rev. 20:11• 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them. (Rev. 20:11)
darkness.
Deut. 5:22‑23• 22These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
 23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; (Deut. 5:22‑23)
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Mark 15:33• 33And when the sixth hour was come, there came darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour; (Mark 15:33)
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John 13:7• 7Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou dost not know now, but thou shalt know hereafter. (John 13:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.