Psalm 18:1–15

¹I love you, O Lord, my strength.

²The Lord is my ⁱrock and my ^jfortress and my deliverer,

my God, my ⁱrock, in ^kwhom I take refuge,

my ^lshield, and ^mthe horn of my salvation, my ⁿstronghold.

³I call upon the Lord, who is ^oworthy to be praised,

and I am saved from my enemies.

^4pThe cords of death encompassed me;

^qthe torrents of destruction assailed me;¹

^5pthe cords of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

^6rIn my distress I called upon the Lord;

to my God I cried for help.

From his ^stemple he heard my voice,

and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷Then the earth ^treeled and rocked;

the foundations also of the mountains trembled

and quaked, because he was angry.

⁸Smoke went up from his nostrils,²

and devouring ^ufire from his mouth;

glowing coals flamed forth from him.

⁹He ^vbowed the heavens and ^wcame down;

^xthick darkness was under his feet.

¹⁰He rode on a cherub and flew;

he came swiftly on ^zthe wings of the wind.

¹¹He made darkness his covering, his ^acanopy around him,

thick clouds ^bdark with water.

¹²Out of the brightness before him

^chailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

¹³The Lord also ^dthundered in the heavens,

and the Most High uttered his ^evoice,

hailstones and coals of fire.

¹⁴And he sent out his ^farrows and scattered them;

he flashed forth lightnings and ^grouted them.

¹⁵Then ^hthe channels of the sea were seen,

and the foundations of the world were laid bare

at your ⁱrebuke, O Lord,

at the blast of ^jthe breath of your nostrils.