Smoke rose from his nostrils;
    consuming fire(A) came from his mouth,
    burning coals(B) blazed out of it.
10 He parted the heavens and came down;
    dark clouds(C) were under his feet.
11 He mounted the cherubim(D) and flew;
    he soared[a] on the wings of the wind.(E)
12 He made darkness(F) his canopy around him—
    the dark[b] rain clouds of the sky.
13 Out of the brightness of his presence
    bolts of lightning(G) blazed forth.
14 The Lord thundered(H) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 He shot his arrows(I) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:11 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts appeared
  2. 2 Samuel 22:12 Septuagint (see also Psalm 18:11); Hebrew massed

Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring (A)fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
10 He (B)bowed the heavens also, and came down
With (C)darkness under His feet.
11 He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
And He [a]was seen (D)upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made (E)darkness canopies around Him,
Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the brightness before Him
Coals of fire were kindled.

14 “The Lord (F)thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
15 He sent out (G)arrows and scattered them;
Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 22:11 So with MT, LXX; many Heb. mss., Syr., Vg. flew (cf. Ps. 18:10); Tg. spoke with power