2 Samuel 22

¹And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,

²And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.

³God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.

⁴I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.

⁵For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.

⁶The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

⁷In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.

⁸The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

⁹A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.

¹⁰He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

¹¹And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.

¹²He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.

¹³By the brightness before him, the coals of fire were kindled.