He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him, The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.

Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies, Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.

For Your faithfulness and lovingkindness are great, reaching to the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.

The clouds poured down water; The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.

In the daytime He led them with a cloud And all the night with a light of fire.

Yet He commanded the clouds from above And opened the doors of heaven;

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai]; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies And the statutes that He gave them.

Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind,

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day], And a fire to illumine the night.

Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightning for the rain, Who brings the wind from His storehouses;

Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.