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Psalms 18:10
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David recounts Yahweh’s deliverance from his enemies, describing the divine descent that immediately follows the parting of the heavens in verse 9.
The words — The Hebrew verbs וַיִּרְכַּב (yirkaḇ, "he rode") and וַיֵּדֶא (yedeʾ, "he soared") frame the movement, while כְּרוּב (kerub, "cherub") and כַנְפֵי רוּחַ (kanfei ruach, "wings of the wind") specify the medium.
The thread — The motif of divine riding on a cherub and flying on wind wings recurs in 2 Samuel 22:11 and echoes the imagery of God walking on the wings of the wind in Psalms 104:3.
Why it lands — The text presents Yahweh as actively mounting and soaring to intervene, demanding recognition of His direct, unmediated power to execute deliverance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Cross-references
- Psalms 104:3 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
- 2 Samuel 22:11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 99:1 The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
- Psalms 80:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- Ezekiel 1:5 and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,
- Ezekiel 10:20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.