¹⁷ He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep water.^(J)
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.
¹⁹ They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
²⁰ He brought me out to a spacious place;^(K)
he rescued me because he delighted in me.

⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;^(A)
they shook because he burned with anger.
⁸ Smoke rose from his nostrils,
and consuming fire came from his mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.^[a](B)
9 He bent the heavens and came down,^(C)
total darkness beneath his feet.
¹⁰ He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.^(D)
11 He made darkness his hiding place,
dark storm clouds his canopy around him.^(E)
12 From the radiance of his presence,^(F)
his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
¹³ The Lord thundered from^[b] heaven;
the Most High made his voice heard.^[c](G)
14 He shot his arrows and scattered them;
he hurled^[d] lightning bolts and routed them.^(H)
15 The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.^(I)

¹⁶ He reached down from on high
and took hold of me;
he pulled me out of deep water.^(J)
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.^(K)
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.^(L)
19 He brought me out to a spacious place;^(M)
he rescued me because he delighted in me.^(N)

⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to his name.
Exalt him who rides on the clouds^[a]—
his name is the Lord^[b]—and celebrate before him.^(A)