2 Samuel 22

¹And David speaketh to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,

²and he saith: 'Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,

³My God [is] my rock — I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!

⁴The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.

⁵When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,

⁶The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

⁷In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry [is] in His ears,

⁸And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!

⁹Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.

¹⁰And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.

¹¹And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind.

¹²And He setteth darkness Round about Him — tabernacles, Darkness of waters — thick clouds of the skies.

¹³From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled!