^{1 Ref} I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

^{2 Ref} Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

^{3 Ref} I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

^{4 Ref} The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

^{5 Ref} The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

^{6 Ref} In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

^{7 Ref} Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

^{8 Ref} There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

^{9 Ref} He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

^{10 Ref} And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

^{11 Ref} He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

^{12 Ref} At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.

^{13 Ref} Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

^{14 Ref} And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

^{15 Ref} Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.