Psalm 18:7–19

⁷Then the earth shook and quaked,

and the foundations of the mountains trembled,

and they staggered because he was angry.

⁸Smoke went forth from his nose,

and fire from his mouth consumed.

Burning coals blazed from him.

⁹So he bowed the heavens and came down

with a thick cloud under his feet.

¹⁰And he mounted a cherub and flew,

and he swooped down on wings of wind.

¹¹He made darkness his hiding place;

all about him his covering

was a darkness of waters, thick clouds.^c

¹²From the brightness before him

his clouds passed over

with hail and coals of fire.

¹³And Yahweh thundered from the heavens,

and the Most High uttered his voice

with hail and coals of fire.

¹⁴And he shot his arrows and scattered them,^d

and many lightning bolts and routed them.

¹⁵Then the channels of the sea became visible,

and the foundations of the world were uncovered

by your rebuke, O Yahweh,

by the blast^e of the wind of your nose.

¹⁶He reached^f from on high; he seized me.

He drew me from many waters.

¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy,

and from those who hated me

because they were stronger than I.

¹⁸They confronted me on the day of disaster,

but Yahweh was my support.

¹⁹So he brought me out to a spacious place.

He delivered me because he delighted in me.