3. Upon the Lord, who worthy isof praises, will I cry;And then shall I preserved besafe from mine enemy.
4. Floods of ill men affrighted me,death's pangs about me went;
5. Hell's sorrows me environed;death's snares did me prevent.
6. In my distress I call'd on God,cry to my God did I;He from his temple heard my voice,to his ears came my cry.
7. Th' earth, as affrighted, then did shake,trembling upon it seiz'd:The hills' foundations moved were,because he was displeas'd.
8. Up from his nostrils came a smoke,and from his mouth there cameDevouring fire, and coals by itwere turned into flame.
9. He also bowed down the heav'ns,and thence he did descend;And thickest clouds of darkness didunder his feet attend.
10. And he upon a cherub rode,and thereon he did fly;Yea, on the swift wings of the windhis flight was from on high.
11. He darkness made his secret place:about him, for his tent,Dark waters were, and thickest cloudsof th' airy firmament.
12. And at the brightness of that light,which was before his eye,His thick clouds pass'd away, hailstonesand coals of fire did fly.
13. The Lord God also in the heav'nsdid thunder in his ire;And there the Highest gave his voice,hailstones and coals of fire.
14. Yea, he his arrows sent abroad,and them he scattered;His lightnings also he shot out,and them discomfited.
15. The waters' channels then were seen,the world's foundations vastAt thy rebuke discover'd were,and at thy nostrils' blast.
16. And from above the Lord sent down,and took me from below;From many waters he me drew,which would me overflow.
17. He me reliev'd from my strong foes,and such as did me hate;Because he saw that they for metoo strong were, and too great.
18. They me prevented in the dayof my calamity;But even then the Lord himselfa stay was unto me.
19. He to a place where libertyand room was hath me brought;Because he took delight in me,he my deliv'rance wrought.
20. According to my righteousnesshe did me recompense,He me repaid according tomy hands' pure innocence.
21. For I God's ways kept, from my Goddid not turn wickedly.