King James Version

Psalms 18:11

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 18:12.

יָ֤שֶׁתyashetapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “apply”, an unfinished actionH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.חֹ֨שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.סִתְר֗וֹsitrvobackbitingסֵתֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “backbiting”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5643a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יוsevivotayvaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “about”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.סֻכָּת֑וֹsukatvoboothסֻכָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “booth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5521a hut or lairbooth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.חֶשְׁכַתcheshkhatdarkחֶשְׁכָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “dark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2824darknessdark.מַ֝֗יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עָבֵ֥יavecloudעָבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “cloud”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).שְׁחָקִֽיםshechaqimsmall dustשַׁחַקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “small dust”, the ordinary formH7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmamentcloud, small dust, heaven, sky.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(18-12) He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Young’s Literal Translation

He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

World English Bible

He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Darby Translation

He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Douay-Rheims

More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(18-12) He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ, κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ, σκοτεινὸν ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρων.