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5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
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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 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
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He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
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He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
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Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
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The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
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He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
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The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
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