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He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
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God's Transcendent Palace
Commentators explain that the image of God building his "chambers in the waters" is a poetic way to describe His majestic, heavenly dwelling. By using the unstable image of water or clouds as a foundation, the psalmist inspires awe, showing that God's power transcends our understanding of physics and that His home is in the most exalted, incomprehensible place.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters - The word here rendered “layeth”—from קרה qârâh—properly mean…
19th Century
Anglican
Layeth the beams. —Literally, makes to meet. The meaning of the Hebrew word, which is an exact equivalent of the…
Baptist
Who makes the clouds his chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind:
A masterly picture, as if the Lord stood erect upon the two…
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16th Century
Protestant
Laying the beams of his chambers in the waters—David now proceeds to explain at greater length what he had briefly stated under the figure…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters Or "his upper rooms" F9 ; one story over another being b…
Every object we behold calls on us to bless and praise the Lord, who is great. His eternal power and Godhead are clearly shown by the thin…
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