Psalm 18:7–19

⁷Then the earth reeled and rocked;

the foundations also of the mountains trembled

and reeled because he was angry.^*

⁸Smoke went up from his nostrils

and devouring fire from his mouth;

glowing coals flamed forth from him.

⁹He bowed the heavens and came down;

thick darkness was under his feet.^*

¹⁰He rode on a cherub and flew;

he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.^*

¹¹He made darkness his covering around him,

his canopy thick clouds dark with water.^*

¹²Out of the brightness before him

there broke through his clouds

hailstones and coals of fire.^*

¹³The Lord also thundered in the heavens,

and the Most High uttered his voice.^q*

¹⁴And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;

he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.^*

¹⁵Then the channels of the sea were seen,

and the foundations of the world were laid bare

at your rebuke, O Lord,

at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.^*

¹⁶He reached down from on high; he took me;

he drew me out of mighty waters.^*

¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy

and from those who hated me,

for they were too mighty for me.^*

¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

but the Lord was my support.

¹⁹He brought me out into a broad place;

he delivered me because he delighted in me.^*