“He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.”
The description that God rode upon a cherub and flew and appeared upon the wings of the wind establishes God riding the storm and appearing amid cosmic phenomena. The cherub and wind imagery suggests divine travel via the most awesome natural forces. The flying suggests rapid divine arrival and supreme authority over creation. This verse depicts God as cosmic warrior descending to battle.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:11
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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