He bowed: Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David. When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him. Psalms 68:4, Psalms 144:5-15; Deuteronomy 33:26; 2 Samuel 22:10; Isaiah 51:6; Joel 3:16; Matthew 24:29; Hebrews 12:26; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 20:11
darkness: Deuteronomy 5:22-23; Mark 15:33; John 13:7