Psalm 18:7–19

⁷Then the earth quaked and trembled.

The foundations of the mountains shook;

they quaked because of his anger.

⁸Smoke poured from his nostrils;

fierce flames leaped from his mouth.

Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

⁹He opened the heavens and came down;

dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.

¹⁰Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew,

soaring on the wings of the wind.

¹¹He shrouded himself in darkness,

veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.

¹²Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him

and rained down hail and burning coals.

¹³The Lord thundered from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded

amid the hail and burning coals.

¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;

great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.

¹⁵Then at your command, O Lord,

at the blast of your breath,

the bottom of the sea could be seen,

and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

¹⁶He reached down from heaven and rescued me;

he drew me out of deep waters.

¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemies,

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

¹⁸They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,

but the Lord supported me.

¹⁹He led me to a place of safety;

he rescued me because he delights in me.