12 Out of the brightness before him
    (A)hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

13 The Lord also (B)thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High uttered his (C)voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his (D)arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and (E)routed them.
15 Then (F)the channels of the sea were seen,
    and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your (G)rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of (H)the breath of your nostrils.

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12 Out of the brightness of his presence(A) clouds advanced,
    with hailstones(B) and bolts of lightning.(C)
13 The Lord thundered(D) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.[a]
14 He shot his arrows(E) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(F) he routed them.(G)
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
    and the foundations(H) of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke,(I) Lord,
    at the blast of breath from your nostrils.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning

47 He destroyed their vines with (A)hail
    and their sycamores with frost.
48 He gave over their (B)cattle to the hail
    and their flocks to thunderbolts.
49 He let loose on them his burning anger,
    wrath, indignation, and distress,
    a company of (C)destroying angels.

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47 He destroyed their vines with hail(A)
    and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
    their livestock(B) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(C)
    his wrath, indignation and hostility—
    a band of destroying angels.(D)

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