Psalm 18:7–19

⁷The earth trembled^c and quaked,^d

and the foundations of the mountains shook;^e

they trembled because he was angry.^f

⁸Smoke rose from his nostrils;^g

consuming fire^h came from his mouth,

burning coalsⁱ blazed out of it.

⁹He parted the heavens and came down;^j

dark clouds^k were under his feet.

¹⁰He mounted the cherubim^l and flew;

he soared^m on the wings of the wind.ⁿ

¹¹He made darkness his covering,^o his canopy^p around him—

the dark rain clouds of the sky.

¹²Out of the brightness of his presence^q clouds advanced,

with hailstones^r and bolts of lightning.^s

¹³The Lord thundered^t from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.^d

¹⁴He shot his arrows^u and scattered the enemy,

with great bolts of lightning^v he routed them.^w

¹⁵The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations^x of the earth laid bare

at your rebuke,^y Lord,

at the blast of breath from your nostrils.^z

¹⁶He reached down from on high and took hold of me;

he drew me out of deep waters.^a

¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemy,^b

from my foes, who were too strong for me.^c

¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my disaster,^d

but the Lord was my support.^e

¹⁹He brought me out into a spacious place;^f

he rescued me because he delighted in me.^g