¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(A) for those who fear him;^(B)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(C) from us.

⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(A) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(B) in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,

⁵ Part your heavens,^(A) Lord, and come down;^(B)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.^(C)

¹⁰ He parted the heavens and came down;
    dark clouds^(A) were under his feet.

¹⁶ The highest heavens belong to the Lord,^(A)
    but the earth he has given^(B) to mankind.

² The Lord wraps^(A) himself in light^(B) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(C) out the heavens^(D) like a tent^(E)
3     and lays the beams^(F) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(G)
He makes the clouds^(H) his chariot^(I)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(J)

¹² How you have fallen^(A) from heaven,
    morning star,^(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!^(C)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend^(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne^(E)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,^(F)
    on the utmost heights^(G) of Mount Zaphon.^[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(H)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”^(I)
15 But you are brought down^(J) to the realm of the dead,^(K)
    to the depths^(L) of the pit.^(M)

¹⁶ Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:^(N)
“Is this the man who shook^(O) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,
¹⁷ the man who made the world a wilderness,^(P)
    who overthrew^(Q) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”^(R)

¹³ He who forms the mountains,^(A)
    who creates the wind,^(B)
    and who reveals his thoughts^(C) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth^(D)—
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.^(E)