2 Samuel 22:8–20

⁸The earth heaved and shook,

the foundations of heaven trembled and heaved

because he was angry.^d

⁹Smoke went up from his nostrils and fire from his mouth.

Burning coals devoured, they burned from him.

¹⁰He bowed the heavens and came down;

a very thick cloud was under his feet.

¹¹He rode upon a cherub and flew;

he was seen on the wings of the wind.

¹²He put darkness as a canopy all around him,

a collection of thick rain clouds.^e

¹³From the brightness before him

flamed burning coals of fire.

¹⁴Yahweh thundered from heaven,

and the Most High uttered his voice.^f

¹⁵He sent arrows and he scattered them,

lightning, and he directed them.

¹⁶Then the channels of water of the sea were exposed,

the foundations of the world,

at the rebuke of Yahweh,

from the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

¹⁷He sent from a high position and took me;

he drew me from mighty waters.

¹⁸He delivered me from my strong enemies,

from those who hate me, for they were mightier than I.

¹⁹They approached me on the day of my disaster,

but Yahweh was my support.

²⁰He brought me out to a spacious place.

He delivered me because he delighted in me.