1. I LOVE You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength.
2. The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower. [Heb. 2:13.]
3. I will call upon the Lord, Who is to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. [Rev. 5:12.]
4. The cords or bands of death surrounded me, and the streams of ungodliness and the torrents of ruin terrified me.
5. The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted and came upon me.
6. In my distress [when seemingly closed in] I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple (heavenly dwelling place), and my cry came before Him, into His [very] ears.
7. Then the earth quaked and rocked, the foundations also of the mountains trembled; they moved and were shaken because He was indignant and angry.
8. There went up smoke from His nostrils; and lightning out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.
9. He bowed the heavens also and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
10. And He rode upon a cherub [a storm] and flew [swiftly]; yes, He sped on with the wings of the wind.
11. He made darkness His secret hiding place; as His pavilion (His canopy) round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.