Psalms 18:10 (DBY)

Passage

And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.

Nearby Context

Psalms 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.

Psalms 18:9 And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

Psalms 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.

Psalms 18:11 He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psalms 18:12 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rode", "upon", "cherub", "flew", "fast", "wings", and "wind". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rode" and "upon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And he bowed the heavens and came..." into verse 11's "He made darkness his secret place his...", so "rode" and "upon" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "rode" and "upon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.