What Does Psalms 18:15 Mean?

“were seen”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“Then the channels”

properly, containing, i.e., a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero

“of waters”

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

“were discovered”

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

“and the foundations”

a foundation

“of the world”

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as babylonia,

“at thy rebuke”

a chiding

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“at the blast”

a puff, i.e., wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal

“of the breath”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“of thy nostrils”

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire