Lexicon :: Strong's H5645 - ʿāḇ

“LORD, when You went out from Seir,

When You marched from the field of Edom,

The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,

Yes, the clouds dripped water.

“He made darkness [fn]canopies around Him,

A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Is like the morning light when the sun rises,

A morning without clouds,

When the fresh grass springs out of the earth

Through sunshine after rain.’

“Though his pride reaches the heavens

And his head touches the clouds,

‘Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see,

And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.’

“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],

And the cloud does not burst under them.

“Terrors are turned upon me;

They chase away my honor and reputation like the wind,

And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds

Or the thundering of His pavilion?

“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;

He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],

The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

So that an abundance of water will cover you?

He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,

The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

The clouds poured down water;

The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder];

Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.

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,

Who covers the heavens with clouds,

Who provides rain for the earth,

Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

In the light of the king’s face is life,

And his favor is like a cloud bringing the spring rain.

“I will turn it into a wasteland;

It will not be pruned or cultivated,

But briars and thorns will come up.

I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”

‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High.’

For this is what the LORD has said to me,

“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,

Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,

Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([fn]a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt:

Listen carefully, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;

The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,

And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Like heat in a dry land, You will subdue the noise of foreigners [rejoicing over their enemies];

Like heat in the shadow of a cloud, the song of the tyrants is [fn]silenced.

“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud

And your sins like a heavy mist.

Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

“Who are these who fly like a cloud

And like doves to their windows?

Every city runs away at the sound of the horsemen and archers.

They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;

Every city is deserted,

And no man lives in them.