2 Samuel 7:24

7:24 You made Israel your very own people for all time. ¹  You, O Lord, became their God.

2 Samuel 22:10

22:10 He made the sky sink ²  as he descended;

a thick cloud was under his feet.

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¹ tn Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.”

² tn The verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[to cause to] bend; [to cause to] bow down” (see HALOT 693 s.v. נָטָה). For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden (cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV “He bowed the heavens”; NAB “He inclined the heavens”). Here the Lord causes the sky, pictured as a dome or vault, to bend or sink down as he descends in the storm.