2 Samuel 22:12
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He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.

made

2 Samuel 22:10 He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Psalm 18:11,12 And he made darkness his cover, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air. . . .

Psalm 27:5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

dark waters [heb] binding waters

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
11And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind. 12He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.13By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.…
Cross References
1 Kings 20:12
And it came to pass, when Benadad heard this word, that he and the kings were drinking in pavilions, and he said to his servants: Beset the city. And they beset it.

Job 36:29
If he will spread out clouds as his tent,

Lexicon
He made
וַיָּ֥שֶׁת (way·yā·šeṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

darkness
חֹ֛שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

a canopy
סֻכּ֑וֹת (suk·kō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5521: A thicket, booth

around Him,
סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו (sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯāw)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

a gathering
חַֽשְׁרַת־ (ḥaš·raṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2841: A combination, gathering, of watery clouds

of water
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and thick clouds.
עָבֵ֥י (‘ā·ḇê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse


Additional Translations
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.
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