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Then the earth rocked and reeled, and mountains shook and trembled. How they quaked! For he was angry. Fierce flames leaped from his mouth, setting fire to the earth;[a] smoke blew from his nostrils. He bent the heavens down and came to my defense;[b] thick darkness was beneath his feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:8 setting fire to the earth, literally, “coals were kindled by it.”
  2. Psalm 18:9 He bent the heavens down and came to my defense, implied.

The earth trembled(A) and quaked,(B)
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;(C)
    they trembled because he was angry.(D)
Smoke rose from his nostrils;(E)
    consuming fire(F) came from his mouth,
    burning coals(G) blazed out of it.
He parted the heavens and came down;(H)
    dark clouds(I) were under his feet.

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