Psalms 18:15

"He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts."

Key Reflection

In this verse, the "arrows" and "lightning bolts" symbolize divine judgment and power, illustrating how God defeats His enemies through supernatural means, highlighting both His strength and justice in warfare. This imagery underscores God's role as a protector and judge, ensuring victory for those who trust in Him.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then the channels of waters were seen -In2 Samuel 22:16this is, “And the channels of the sea appeared.” The idea is that, by the driving of the storm and tempest, the waters were driven on heaps, leaving the bottom bare. In the place before us the word used, “waters” -מיםmayim- would denote waters of any kind - seas, lakes, rivers; in the corresponding place in 2 Samuel, the word used -יםyâm- denotes, properly, the sea or the ocean. The word rendered channels means a pipe or tube; then a channel, or bed of a brook or stream,Isaiah 8:7;Ezekiel 32:6; and then the bottom of the sea or of a river.

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