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

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?^(F)
    Tell me, if you understand.^(G)
5 Who marked off its dimensions?^(H) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line^(I) across it?
⁶ On what were its footings set,^(J)
    or who laid its cornerstone^(K)—
⁷ while the morning stars^(L) sang together^(M)
    and all the angels^[a](N) shouted for joy?^(O)

³⁴ “Can you raise your voice to the clouds
    and cover yourself with a flood of water?^(A)
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?^(B)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
³⁶ Who gives the ibis wisdom^[a](C)
    or gives the rooster understanding?^[b](D)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars^(E) of the heavens^(F)
38 when the dust becomes hard^(G)
    and the clods of earth stick together?^(H)

³⁹ “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
    and satisfy the hunger of the lions^(I)
40 when they crouch in their dens^(J)
    or lie in wait in a thicket?^(K)
41 Who provides food^(L) for the raven^(M)
    when its young cry out to God
    and wander about for lack of food?^(N)

⁴ Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(A)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(B)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(C)
5 But he was pierced^(D) for our transgressions,^(E)
    he was crushed^(F) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(G) that brought us peace^(H) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(I) we are healed.^(J)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(K)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(L)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(M) of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed^(N) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(O)
he was led like a lamb^(P) to the slaughter,^(Q)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸ By oppression^[a] and judgment^(R) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(S)
    for the transgression^(T) of my people he was punished.^[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(U)
    and with the rich^(V) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(W)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(X)

¹⁰ Yet it was the Lord’s will^(Y) to crush^(Z) him and cause him to suffer,^(AA)
    and though the Lord makes^[c] his life an offering for sin,^(AB)
he will see his offspring^(AC) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(AD) in his hand.
¹¹ After he has suffered,^(AE)
    he will see the light^(AF) of life^[d] and be satisfied^[e];
by his knowledge^[f] my righteous servant^(AG) will justify^(AH) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(AI)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[g](AJ)
    and he will divide the spoils^(AK) with the strong,^[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(AL)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(AM)
For he bore^(AN) the sin of many,^(AO)
    and made intercession^(AP) for the transgressors.

Lord my God, you are very great;
    you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(B)

² The Lord wraps^(C) himself in light^(D) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(E) out the heavens^(F) like a tent^(G)
3     and lays the beams^(H) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(I)
He makes the clouds^(J) his chariot^(K)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(L)
4 He makes winds his messengers,^[a](M)
    flames of fire^(N) his servants.

⁵ He set the earth^(O) on its foundations;^(P)
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it^(Q) with the watery depths^(R) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(S) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(T) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(U) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(V) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(W) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

²⁴ How many are your works,^(A) Lord!
    In wisdom you made^(B) them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.^(C)

³⁵ But may sinners vanish^(A) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(B)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[a](C)

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm^(A) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels^(B) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;^(C)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(D)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^(E)

¹⁴ “Because he^[a] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.^(F)
16 With long life^(G) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.^(H)”

“You are my Son;
    today I have become your Father.”^[a](K)

“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(L)”^[b](M)