Psalm 18:7–19

⁷Then the earth shook and quaked. 

Even the foundations of the mountains trembled. 

They shook violently because he was angry. 

⁸Smoke went up from his nostrils, 

and a raging fire came out of his mouth. 

Glowing coals flared up from it. 

⁹He spread apart the heavens 

and came down with a dark cloud under his feet. 

¹⁰He rode on one of the angels^bas he flew, 

and he soared on the wings of the wind. 

¹¹He made the darkness his hiding place, 

the dark rain clouds his covering. 

¹²Out of the brightness in front of him, 

those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning. 

¹³The Lord thundered in the heavens. 

The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning. 

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered them. 

He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion. 

¹⁵Then the ocean floor could be seen. 

The foundations of the earth were laid bare 

at your stern warning, O Lord, 

at the blast of the breath from your nostrils. 

¹⁶He reached down from high above and took hold of me. 

He pulled me out of the raging water. 

¹⁷He rescued me from my strong enemy 

and from those who hated me, 

because they were too strong for me. 

¹⁸On the day when I faced disaster, they confronted me, 

but the Lord came to my defense. 

¹⁹He brought me out to a wide-open place. 

He rescued me because he was pleased with me.