Psalms 18:3-13

³I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And was delivered from my enemies.

⁴The snares of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay;

⁵The snares of the underworld surrounded me, And the nets of death seized upon me.

⁶In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried unto my God; He heard my voice from his palace, And my cry came before him into his ears.

⁷Then the earth quaked and trembled; The foundations of the mountains rocked and were shaken, Because his wrath was kindled.

⁸A smoke went up from his nostrils, And fire from his mouth devoured; Burning coals shot forth from him.

⁹He bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet;

¹⁰And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

¹¹And he made darkness his covering; His pavilion round about him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

¹²At the brightness before him, his thick clouds passed away; Then came hailstones and coals of fire.

¹³The LORD also thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice, Amid hailstones and coals of fire.