2 Samuel 22

¹And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

²and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

³God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.

⁴I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

⁵For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

⁶The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

⁷In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came into his ears.

⁸Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

⁹There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

¹⁰He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

¹¹And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

¹²And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹³At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.