Psalms 18:9
9 He made the sky sink ▼▼ The Hebrew verb נָטָה (
natah) can carry the sense “[cause to] bend, bow down.” For example,
Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the
Lord causes the sky, pictured as a dome or vault, to sink down as he descends in the storm.
as he descended;
a thick cloud was under his feet.