⁹ He parted the heavens and came down;^(A)
    dark clouds^(B) were under his feet.
¹⁰ He mounted the cherubim^(C) and flew;
    he soared^(D) on the wings of the wind.^(E)
11 He made darkness his covering,^(F) his canopy^(G) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
¹² Out of the brightness of his presence^(H) clouds advanced,
    with hailstones^(I) and bolts of lightning.^(J)
13 The Lord thundered^(K) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.^[a]
14 He shot his arrows^(L) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning^(M) he routed them.^(N)

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(A) from Zion,^(B) saying,
    “Rule^(C) in the midst of your enemies!”

“Sit at my right hand^(B)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”^(C)

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(D) from Zion,^(E) saying,
    “Rule^(F) in the midst of your enemies!”
³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(G)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[b](H)

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(I)
“You are a priest forever,^(J)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(K)”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand^[c];^(L)
    he will crush kings^(M) on the day of his wrath.^(N)
6 He will judge the nations,^(O) heaping up the dead^(P)
    and crushing the rulers^(Q) of the whole earth.

²⁵ I know that my redeemer^[a](A) lives,^(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.^[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet^[c] in^[d] my flesh I will see God;^(C)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes^(D)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns^(E) within me!