2 Samuel 22

¹And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had 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;

³God is my rock, in him will I trust — My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge, My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence.

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

⁵For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.

⁶The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;

⁷In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And I cried to my God; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.

⁸Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.

⁹There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.

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

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

¹²And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹³From the brightness before him Burned forth coals of fire.

Jehovah thundered from the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice.