5. The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted and came upon me.
6. In my distress [when seemingly closed in] I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple (heavenly dwelling place), and my cry came before Him, into His [very] ears.
7. Then the earth quaked and rocked, the foundations also of the mountains trembled; they moved and were shaken because He was indignant and angry.
8. There went up smoke from His nostrils; and lightning out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.
9. He bowed the heavens also and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
10. And He rode upon a cherub [a storm] and flew [swiftly]; yes, He sped on with the wings of the wind.
11. He made darkness His secret hiding place; as His pavilion (His canopy) round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.