Psalm 18:4-19
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p The cords of death encompassed me;
q the torrents of destruction assailed me;
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p the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.
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r In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his s temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
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Then the earth t reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
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Smoke went up from his nostrils,
and devouring u fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
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He v bowed the heavens and w came down;
x thick darkness was under his feet.
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He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly on z the wings of the wind.
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He made darkness his covering, his a canopy around him,
thick clouds b dark with water.
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Out of the brightness before him
c hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
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The Lord also d thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his e voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
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And he sent out his f arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and g routed them.
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Then h the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your i rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of j the breath of your nostrils.
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He k sent from on high, he took me;
he l drew me out of m many waters.
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He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were n too mighty for me.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
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He brought me out into o a broad place;
he rescued me, because he p delighted in me.
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Psalms 116:3
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Psalms 119:61
Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law.
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Psalms 32:6
Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
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Psalms 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me.
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Psalms 66:14
That which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
Psalms 102:2
Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
Jonah 2:2
Saying, "I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
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Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord 's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
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Judges 5:4
Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.
Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
Acts 16:26
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.
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Psalms 21:9
You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.
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Psalms 144:5
Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
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Isaiah 64:1
Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence -
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Exodus 20:21
The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
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Psalms 104:3
He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind.
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Job 36:29
Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
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Psalms 29:3
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
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Psalms 148:8
Fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
Joshua 10:11
And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
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1 Samuel 2:10
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed.
1 Samuel 7:10
As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
Job 37:4
After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.
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Isaiah 30:30
And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.
Psalms 29:3 - 9
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
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Psalms 7:13
He has prepared for him his deadly weapons, mak...
Psalms 64:7
But God shoots his arrow at them; they are woun...
Psalms 77:17
The clouds poured out water; the skies gave for...
Psalms 144:6
Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; sen...
Deuteronomy 32:23
'And I will heap disasters upon them; I will sp...
Deuteronomy 32:42
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my ...
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their place at ...
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Exodus 14:24
And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic.
Joshua 10:10
And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
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Psalms 42:1
Book Two As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
Joel 1:20
Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Job 36:30
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
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Psalms 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
Nahum 1:4
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers.
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Exodus 15:8
At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
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Psalms 144:7
Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners.
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Exodus 2:10
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water.
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Psalms 32:6
Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
Job 22:11
Or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
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Psalms 142:6
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!
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Psalms 31:8
And you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
Psalms 118:5
Out of my distress I called on the Lord ; the Lord answered me and set me free.
Psalms 18:36
You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
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Psalms 22:8
"He trusts in the Lord ; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
2 Samuel 15:26
But if he says, 'I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.
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