2 Samuel 22:8–20

⁸Then the earth shook and quaked. 

Even the foundations of the heavens trembled. 

They shook violently because he was angry. 

⁹Smoke went up from his nostrils, 

and a raging fire came out of his mouth. 

Glowing coals flared up from it. 

¹⁰He spread apart the heavens 

and came down with a dark cloud under his feet. 

¹¹He rode on one of the angels^aas he flew, 

and he soared on the wings of the wind. 

¹²He surrounded himself with darkness. 

He made the dark rain clouds his covering. 

¹³Out of the brightness in front of him, he made lightning. 

¹⁴The Lord thundered from heaven. 

The Most High made his voice heard. 

¹⁵He shot arrows and scattered them. 

He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion. 

¹⁶Then the ocean floor could be seen. 

The foundations of the earth were laid bare 

at the Lord’s stern warning, 

at the blast of the breath from his nostrils. 

¹⁷He reached down from high above and took hold of me. 

He pulled me out of the raging water. 

¹⁸He rescued me from my strong enemy 

and from those who hated me, 

because they were too strong for me. 

¹⁹On the day when I faced disaster, they confronted me, 

but the Lord became my defense. 

²⁰He brought me out to a wide-open place. 

He rescued me because he was pleased with me.