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10 He parted the heavens and came down;
    dark clouds lay under his feet.
11 He rode upon a cherub,[a]
    soaring swiftly on the wings of the wind.
12 He used the darkness as his covering,
    and dense thunderclouds as his canopy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:11 Cherub: a winged being, represented at the entrance of Mesopotamian temples. Two cherubim stood on the Ark of the Covenant (see Ex 25:18; 1 Ki 6:23-28). God was regarded as enthroned on them (see Pss 80:2; 99:1) and riding upon the storm clouds (see Ps 104:3) or upon the cherubim.

10 He mounted the cherubim(A) and flew;
    he soared(B) on the wings of the wind.(C)
11 He made darkness his covering,(D) his canopy(E) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence(F) clouds advanced,
    with hailstones(G) and bolts of lightning.(H)

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