⁸ Egypt rises like the Nile,^(A)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(B)

¹⁰ Teach me^(A) to do your will,
    for you are my God;^(B)
may your good Spirit
    lead^(C) me on level ground.^(D)

“Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things—