⁴⁶ They all lose heart;
    they come trembling^[a](A) from their strongholds.

¹⁷ They will lick dust^(A) like a snake,
    like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling^(B) out of their dens;
    they will turn in fear^(C) to the Lord our God
    and will be afraid of you.

³ Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(A)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(B)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(C)
    there I will command the serpent^(D) to bite them.^(E)

⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(A)
    and all our righteous^(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(D)

²¹ They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(A)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(B)
    when he rises^(C) to shake the earth.^(D)

¹⁹ People will flee to caves^(A) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(B)
from the fearful presence^(C) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(D)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(E)