Psalm 18:14-19
The Message
7-15 Earth wobbles and lurches;
huge mountains shake like leaves,
Quake like aspen leaves
because of his rage.
His nostrils flare, bellowing smoke;
his mouth spits fire.
Tongues of fire dart in and out;
he lowers the sky.
He steps down;
under his feet an abyss opens up.
He’s riding a winged creature,
swift on wind-wings.
Now he’s wrapped himself
in a trenchcoat of black-cloud darkness.
But his cloud-brightness bursts through,
spraying hailstones and fireballs.
Then God thundered out of heaven;
the High God gave a great shout,
spraying hailstones and fireballs.
God shoots his arrows—pandemonium!
He hurls his lightnings—a rout!
The secret sources of ocean are exposed,
the hidden depths of earth lie uncovered
The moment you roar in protest,
let loose your hurricane anger.
16-19 But me he caught—reached all the way
from sky to sea; he pulled me out
Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos,
the void in which I was drowning.
They hit me when I was down,
but God stuck by me.
He stood me up on a wide-open field;
I stood there saved—surprised to be loved!
Psalm 18:14-19
New International Version
14 He shot his arrows(A) and scattered the enemy,
with great bolts of lightning(B) he routed them.(C)
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
and the foundations(D) of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke,(E) Lord,
at the blast of breath from your nostrils.(F)
16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.(G)
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,(H)
from my foes, who were too strong for me.(I)
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,(J)
but the Lord was my support.(K)
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;(L)
he rescued me because he delighted in me.(M)
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