1. I love you, Lord, my strength.
2. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3. I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.
4. The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
6. In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
7. The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
8. Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
9. He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
10. He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
11. He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.