2 Samuel 22:8–20

⁸Then the earth shook and quaked;

the foundations of the heavens trembled;^m

they shook because he burned with anger.ⁿ

⁹Smoke rose from his nostrils,

and consuming fire came from his mouth;

coals were set ablaze by it.^A

¹⁰He bent the heavens and came down,^o

total darkness beneath his feet.

¹¹He rode on a cherub and flew,

soaring^B on the wings of the wind.

¹²He made darkness a canopy around him,

a gathering^C of water and thick clouds.^p

¹³From the radiance of his presence,

blazing coals were ignited.

¹⁴The Lord thundered from heaven;

the Most High made his voice heard.^q

¹⁵He shot arrows and scattered them;^r

he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.^s

¹⁶The depths of the sea became visible,

the foundations of the world were exposed

at the rebuke of the Lord,

at the blast of the breath^t of his nostrils.^u

¹⁷He reached down from on high

and took hold of me;

he pulled me out of deep water.^v

¹⁸He rescued me from my powerful enemy

and from those who hated me,

for they were too strong for me.

¹⁹They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

but the Lord was my support.

²⁰He brought me out to a spacious place;^w

he rescued me because he delighted in me.