The Lord thundered ¹  in ²  the sky; the sovereign One ³  shouted. ⁴ 

biblegateway Psa 18:13

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High projected His voice.

The LORD thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.

biblegateway Psa 18:13

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

bibleoremus Psa 18:13

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice.

The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High raised his voice amid hail and glowing coals.

biblegateway Psa 18:13

The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.

biblegateway Psa 18:13

The Lord thundered ¹  in ²  the sky; the sovereign One ³  shouted. ⁴ 

¹ sn Thunder is a common motif in OT theophanies and in ancient Near Eastern portrayals of the storm god and warring kings. See R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 179-83.

² tn 2 Sam 22:14 has “from.”

³ tn Heb “the Most High.” This divine title (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.

⁴ tc The text of Ps 18:13 adds at this point, “hail and coals of fire.” These words are probably accidentally added from v. 12b; they do not appear in 2 Sam 22:14.

⁴ tn Heb “offered his voice.” In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect. Note the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive in the preceding line.