5. “For the waves of death encompassed me,the torrents of destruction assailed me;
6. the cords of Sheol entangled me;the snares of death confronted me.
7. “In my distress I called upon the Lord;to my God I called.From his temple he heard my voice,and my cry came to his ears.
8. “Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembledand quaked, because he was angry.
9. Smoke went up from his nostrils,and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
10. He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
11. He rode on a cherub and flew;he was seen on the wings of the wind.
12. He made darkness around him his canopy,thick clouds, a gathering of water.
13. Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.
14. The Lord thundered from heaven,and the Most High uttered his voice.
15. And he sent out arrows and scattered them;lightning, and routed them.
16. Then the channels of the sea were seen;the foundations of the world were laid bare,at the rebuke of the Lord,at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.