Psa 18:6-50, 144:5-7, Mat 28:2-6, Act 12:11 | ESV | STEP | In my distress I called upon the Lord ; to my God I cried for help . From his temple he heard my voice , and my cry to him reached his ears .

6 ^aIn my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his ^btemple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
7 Then the earth ^creeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
8 Smoke went up from his nostrils, ^{▼▼Or in his wrath}
and devouring ^efire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
9 He ^fbowed the heavens and ^gcame down;
^hthick darkness was under his feet.
10 He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly on ⁱthe wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his covering, his ^jcanopy around him,
thick clouds ^kdark with water.
12 Out of the brightness before him
^lhailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
13 The Lord also ^mthundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his ⁿvoice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his ^oarrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and ^prouted them.
15 Then ^qthe channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your ^rrebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of ^sthe breath of your nostrils.
16 He ^tsent from on high, he took me;
he ^udrew me out of ^vmany waters.
17 He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were ^wtoo mighty for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into ^xa broad place;
he rescued me, because he ^ydelighted in me.
20 The Lord dealt with me ^zaccording to my righteousness;
according to ^aathe cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
21 For I have ^abkept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For ^acall his rules ^{▼▼Or just decrees} were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 I was ^aeblameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
24 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 With ^afthe merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with ^agthe crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
27 For you save ^aha humble people,
but ^aithe haughty eyes you bring down.
28 For it is you who light my ^ajlamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
29 For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can ^akleap over ^ala wall.
30 This God—his way is ^amperfect; ^{▼▼Or blameless}
the word of the Lord ^aoproves true;
he is ^apa shield for all those who ^aqtake refuge in him.
31 For ^arwho is God, but the Lord?
And who is ^asa rock, except our God?—
32 the God who ^atequipped me with strength
and made my way ^aublameless.
33 He made my feet like the feet of a ^avdeer
and set me secure on ^awthe heights.
34 He ^axtrains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand ^aysupported me,
and your ^azgentleness made me great.
36 You ^bagave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
and did not turn back till they were consumed.
38 I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise;
they fell under my feet.
39 For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made those who rise against me sink under me.
40 You made my enemies ^bbturn their backs to me, ^{▼▼Or You gave me my enemies’ necks}
and those who hated me I destroyed.
41 ^bdThey cried for help, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
42 I beat them fine as ^bedust before the wind;
I cast them out like ^bfthe mire of the streets.
43 You delivered me from ^bgstrife with the people;
you made me ^bhthe head of the nations;
^bipeople whom I had not known served me.
44 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
^bjforeigners ^bkcame cringing to me.
45 ^blForeigners lost heart
and ^bmcame trembling out of their fortresses.
46 The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be the God of my salvation—
47 the God who gave me vengeance
and ^bnsubdued peoples under me,
48 who rescued me from my enemies;
yes, you ^boexalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from ^bpthe man of violence.
49 ^bqFor this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations,
and ^brsing to your name.
50 Great ^bssalvation he brings to his king,
and shows steadfast love to his ^btanointed,
to ^buDavid and his offspring forever.

Psalms 144:5-7

5 ^bvBow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
^bwTouch the mountains so that they smoke!
6 ^bxFlash forth the lightning and scatter them;
^bysend out your arrows and rout them!
7 ^bzStretch out your hand from on high;
^carescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
from the hand ^cbof foreigners,

Matthew 28:2-6

2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for ^ccan angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 ^cdHis appearance was like lightning, and ^cehis clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and ^cfbecame like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, ^cgas he said. Come, see the place where he ^{▼▼Some manuscripts the Lord} lay.

Acts 12:11

11 When Peter ^cicame to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that ^cjthe Lord has sent his angel and ^ckrescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”