² “Who is this that obscures my plans^(A)
    with words without knowledge?^(B)
3 Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(C)

¹⁰ He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;^(A)
    I will be exalted^(B) among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

⁸ “For my thoughts^(A) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(B)
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(C)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(D)

⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(A)
    and acknowledgment^(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(C)

⁹ Therefore God exalted him^(A) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,^(B)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,^(C)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,^(D)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,^(E)
    to the glory of God the Father.