Psa 18:14-15 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 14. He sent out his arrows-he shot out lightnings ] I believe the latter clause to be an illustration of the former. He sent out his arrows -that is, he shot out lightnings ; for lightnings are the arrows of the Lord, and there is something very like the arrowhead apparent in the zigzag lightning. Sense and sound are wonderfully combined in the Hebrew of this last clause: uberakim rab vaihummem , "and thunderings he multiplied and confounded them." Who does not hear the bursting, brattling , and pounding of thunder in these words? See Delaney ?

‏ Psalms 18:14-15

Verse 14. He sent out his arrows-he shot out lightnings] I believe the latter clause to be an illustration of the former. He sent out his arrows-that is, he shot out lightnings; for lightnings are the arrows of the Lord, and there is something very like the arrowhead apparent in the zigzag lightning. Sense and sound are wonderfully combined in the Hebrew of this last clause: uberakim rab vaihummem, "and thunderings he multiplied and confounded them." Who does not hear the bursting, brattling, and pounding of thunder in these words? See Delaney?

Verse 15. The channels of water were seen] This must refer to an earthquake; for in such cases, the ground being rent, water frequently gushes out at the fissures, and often rises to a tremendous height. Whole rivers were poured out of the chasms made by the earthquake in Jamaica, A. D. 1694; and new lakes of water were formed, covering a thousand acres of land!