en_tn/2sa/22/13.md

General Information:

David's song to Yahweh continues. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

From the lightning before him coals of fire fell

Possible meanings are 1) "Out of his bright light he sent burning coals" or 2) "From his brightness he sent lightning"

From the lightning before him

David continues describing Yahweh, whom he compares to a storm, coming to save him from his enemies. This emphasizes God's power and anger towards David's enemies. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)