10. God mounted the heavenly creatures and flew;he soared on the wings of the wind.
11. God made darkness cloak him;his covering was dark water and dense cloud.
12. God’s clouds went aheadof the brightness before him;hail and coals of fire went too.
13. The Lord thundered in heaven;the Most High made his voice heardwith hail and coals of fire.
14. God shot his arrows, scattering the enemy;he sent the lightning and threw them into confusion.
15. The seabeds were exposed;the earth’s foundations were laid bareat your rebuke, Lord, at the angry blast of air coming from your nostrils.
16. From on high God reached down and grabbed me;he took me out of all that water.
17. God saved me from my powerful enemy,saved me from my foes,who were too much for me.
18. They came at me on the very day of my distress,but the Lord was my support.
19. He brought me out to wide-open spaces;he pulled me out safebecause he is pleased with me.
20. The Lord rewarded me for my righteousness;he restored me because my hands are clean,
21. because I have kept the Lord’s ways.I haven’t acted wickedly against my God.
22. All his rules are right in front of me;I haven’t turned away from any of his laws.
23. I have lived with integrity before him;I’ve kept myself from wrongdoing.
24. And so the Lord restored me for my righteousnessbecause my hands are clean in his eyes.
25. You deal faithfully with the faithful;you show integritytoward the one who has integrity.
26. You are pure toward the pure,but toward the crooked, you are tricky.
27. You are the one who saves people who sufferand brings down those with proud eyes.