2 Samuel 22:8–20

⁸“Then the earth reeled and rocked;

the foundations of the heavens trembled

and quaked, because he was angry.

⁹Smoke went up from his nostrils,

and devouring fire from his mouth;

glowing coals flamed forth from him.

¹⁰He bowed the heavens, and came down;

thick darkness was under his feet.

¹¹He rode on a cherub, and flew;

he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

¹²He made darkness around him

his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

¹³Out of the brightness before him

coals of fire flamed forth.

¹⁴The Lord thundered from heaven,

and the Most High uttered his voice.

¹⁵And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;

lightning, and routed them.

¹⁶Then the channels of the sea were seen,

the foundations of the world were laid bare,

at the rebuke of the Lord,

at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

¹⁷“He reached from on high, he took me,

he drew me out of many waters.

¹⁸He delivered me from my strong enemy,

from those who hated me;

for they were too mighty for me.

¹⁹They came upon me in the day of my calamity;

but the Lord was my stay.

²⁰He brought me forth into a broad place;

he delivered me, because he delighted in me.