4. Praised be the Lord, I exclaim!I have been delivered from my enemies.
5. The breakers of death surged round about me,the menacing floods terrified me;
6. The cords of Sheol tightened;the snares of death lay in wait for me.
7. In my distress I called out: Lord!I cried out to my God;From his temple he heard my voice,my cry reached his ears.
8. The earth rocked and shook;the foundations of the heavens trembled;they shook as his wrath flared up.
9. Smoke rose in his nostrils,a devouring fire from his mouth;it kindled coals into flame.
10. He parted the heavens and came down,a dark cloud under his feet.
11. Mounted on a cherub he flew,borne along on the wings of the wind.
12. He made darkness the cover about him,a mass of water, heavy thunderheads.
13. From the brightness of his presencecoals were kindled to flame.
14. The Lord thundered from heaven;the Most High made his voice resound.
15. He let fly arrows and scattered them;lightning, and dispersed them.
16. Then the bed of the sea appeared;the world’s foundations lay bare,At the roar of the Lord,at the storming breath of his nostrils.
17. He reached down from on high and seized me,drew me out of the deep waters.