Psalms 18:7

"Then the earth shook and trembled;

The foundations also of the mountains quaked

And were shaken because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,

And fire out of his mouth devoured:

Coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down;

And thick darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub and did fly;

Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about him,

Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

Jehovah also thundered in the heavens,

And the Most High uttered his voice,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;

Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them."

This highly imaginative section suggests to this writer nothing quite so vividly as it does the final judgment of mankind. The Theophany, the coming of God Himself, the mighty earthquake, the mountains being moved (Revelation 6:12-15), the great hail (Revelation 16:21), the darkness (Revelation 6:12), the death of the wicked (as indicated by God's arrows), the salvation of the righteous (mentioned a little later) ... all of these things are undoubtedly characteristic of the Final Judgment on the Great Day of God's wrath; and they could not possibly refer to God's judgment of David's enemies except as tokens of the final judgment of Adam's race. This interpretation of the section here also fits the drift of the psalm into Messianic significance a bit later.