6 The cords of Sheol tightened;the snares of death lay in wait for me.
7 In my distress I called out: Lord!I cried out to my God;From his temple he heard my voice,my cry reached his ears.
8 The earth rocked and shook;the foundations of the heavens trembled;they shook as his wrath flared up.
9 Smoke rose in his nostrils,a devouring fire from his mouth;it kindled coals into flame.
10 He parted the heavens and came down,a dark cloud under his feet.
11 Mounted on a cherub he flew,borne along on the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness the cover about him,a mass of water, heavy thunderheads.