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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Psalm 18
⁵ The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
⁷ Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
⁸ Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
⁹ He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
¹⁰ He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
¹² From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
¹⁵ Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O Lord, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.