8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

Other Translations of Psalm 18:8

King James Version

8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

English Standard Version

8 Smoke went up from his nostrils,Or in his wrath and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

The Message

8 His nostrils flare, bellowing smoke; his mouth spits fire. Tongues of fire dart in and out;

New King James Version

8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

New Living Translation

8 Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 18:8

Commentary on Psalm 18:1-19

(Read Psalm 18:1-19)

The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did, we shall speed as he did. God's manifestation of his presence is very fully described, Hebrews 5:7. God made the earth to shake and tremble, and the rocks to cleave, and brought him out, in his resurrection, because he delighted in him and in his undertaking.