¹¹ He made darkness his covering around him,
    his canopy thick clouds dark with water.^(A)

² Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.^(A)

² a day of darkness and gloom,
    a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness spread upon the mountains,
    a great and powerful army comes;
their like has never been from of old,
    nor will be again after them
    in ages to come.^(A)

¹ You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
    who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,^[a](A)

⁷ In distress you called, and I rescued you;
    I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah^(A)