Revised Version 1895

Psalms 18:4-11

4The cords of death compassedmeH4480, and the floods of ungodlinessmadeאֶקְרָ֣א'ek.Ra'H7121meH4480afraid.

5ThecordsH2256of Sheol were round aboutmeH661: the snares ofdeathH4194came onmeH661.

6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my crybeforeקִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִיki.de.Mu.niH6923him came into his ears.

7Then the earth shook and trembled,meוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413foundations also of the mountainsmovedתָּב֬וֹאta.Vo'H935and were shaken,becauseלְפָנָ֤יו׀le.fa.NavH6440he was wroth.

8There wentupH4146a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals werekindledחָ֥רָהCha.rahH2734by it.

9He bowed the heavens also, andcameעָ֘לָ֤ה'a.LahH5927downבְּאַפּ֗וֹbe.'a.PoH639, and thick darkness wasunderמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480his feet.

10And he rodeuponH3381a cherub, and did fly, yea, he flew swiftlyuponH3381the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion roundaboutעַל־'al-H5921him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of theskiesעַל־'al-H5921.

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