2 Samuel 22:7-16

Christian Standard Bible

⁷ I called to the Lord in my distress;
I called to my God.^(A)
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry for help reached his ears.
⁸ Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the heavens^[a] trembled;^(B)
they shook because he burned with anger.^(C)
9 Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and consuming fire came from his mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.^[b]
10 He bent the heavens and came down,^(D)
total darkness beneath his feet.
¹¹ He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring^[c] on the wings of the wind.
¹² He made darkness a canopy around him,
a gathering^[d] of water and thick clouds.^(E)
13 From the radiance of his presence,
blazing coals were ignited.
¹⁴ The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High made his voice heard.^(F)
15 He shot arrows and scattered them;^(G)
he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.^(H)
16 The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath^(I) of his nostrils.^(J)