2 Samuel 22:8–20

⁸“Then the earth quaked and trembled.

The foundations of the heavens shook;

they quaked because of his anger.

⁹Smoke poured from his nostrils;

fierce flames leaped from his mouth.

Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

¹⁰He opened the heavens and came down;

dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.

¹¹Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew,

soaring on the wings of the wind.

¹²He shrouded himself in darkness,

veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.

¹³A great brightness shone around him,

and burning coals blazed forth.

¹⁴The Lord thundered from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.

¹⁵He shot arrows and scattered his enemies;

his lightning flashed, and they were confused.

¹⁶Then at the command of the Lord,

at the blast of his breath,

the bottom of the sea could be seen,

and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

¹⁷“He reached down from heaven and rescued me;

he drew me out of deep waters.

¹⁸He rescued me from my powerful enemies,

from those who hated me and were too strong for me.

¹⁹They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,

but the Lord supported me.

²⁰He led me to a place of safety;

he rescued me because he delights in me.