Psalm 18:6-19

Modern English Version

⁶ In my distress I called on the Lord,
    and cried for help to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
    and my cry for help came before Him to His ears.
⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked;
    the foundations of the hills also moved;
    they reeled because His anger burned.
⁸ Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
    and fire from His mouth devoured;
    coals were kindled by it.
⁹ He bent the heavens and came down,
    and darkness was under His feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a cherub, and flew;
    He flew swiftly on the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness His secret place;
    His pavilion was surrounding Him,
    dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
¹² At the brightness before Him His thick clouds passed by,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High gave His voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ He sent out His arrows and scattered them,
    and He shot out lightning and distressed them.
¹⁵ Then the channels of waters appeared,
    and the foundations of the world were discovered
at Your rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

¹⁶ He sent from above, He took me;
    He drew me out of many waters.
¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy,
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were too strong for me.
¹⁸ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹ He also brought me forth into a large place;
    He delivered me because He delighted in me.