Psalm 18:7–19

⁷Then the earth shook and quaked;

the foundations of the mountains trembled;^ac

they shook because he burned with anger.

⁸Smoke rose from his nostrils,

and consuming fire came from his mouth;

coals were set ablaze by it.^Had

⁹He bent the heavens and came down,^ae

total darkness beneath his feet.

¹⁰He rode on a cherub and flew,

soaring on the wings of the wind.^af

¹¹He made darkness his hiding place,

dark storm clouds his canopy around him.^ag

¹²From the radiance of his presence,^ah

his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

¹³The Lord thundered from^A heaven;

the Most High made his voice heard.^Bai

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered them;

he hurled^C lightning bolts and routed them.^aj

¹⁵The depths of the sea became visible,

the foundations of the world were exposed,

at your rebuke, Lord,

at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.^a

¹⁶He reached down from on high

and took hold of me;

he pulled me out of deep water.^b

¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemy

and from those who hated me,

for they were too strong for me.^c

¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

but the Lord was my support.^d

¹⁹He brought me out to a spacious place;^e

he rescued me because he delighted in me.^f