3. I praise you, Lord!I prayed, and you rescued mefrom my enemies.
4. Death had wrappedits ropes around me,and I was almost swallowedby its flooding waters.
5. Ropes from the worldof the deadhad coiled around me,and death had set a trapin my path.
6. I was in terrible troublewhen I called out to you,but from your templeyou heard meand answered my prayer.
7. The earth shook and shivered,and the mountains trembleddown to their roots.You were angry
8. and breathed out smoke.Scorching heat and fiery flamesspewed from your mouth.
9. You opened the heavenslike curtains,and you came downwith storm cloudsunder your feet.
10. You rode on the backsof flying creaturesand swooped downwith the wind as wings.
11. Darkness was your robe;thunderclouds filled the sky,hiding you from sight.
12. Hailstones and fiery coalslit up the skyin front of you.
13. Lord Most High, your voicethundered from the heavens,as hailstones and fiery coalspoured down like rain.
14. You scattered your enemieswith arrows of lightning.
15. You roared at the sea,and its deepest channelscould be seen.You snorted,and the earth shookto its foundations.
16. You reached down from heaven,and you lifted mefrom deep in the ocean.
17. You rescued me from enemies,who were hatefuland too powerful for me.
18. On the day disaster struck,they came and attacked,but you defended me.
19. When I was fenced in,you freed and rescued mebecause you love me.
20. You are good to me, Lord,because I do right,and you reward mebecause I am innocent.
21. I do what you wantand never turn to do evil.