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)

²³ “Am I only a God nearby,^(A)”
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
²⁴ Who can hide^(B) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(C)
declares the Lord.

the Lord will punish with his sword^(B)—
    his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan^(C) the gliding serpent,^(D)
    Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster^(E) of the sea.

²² There is no deep shadow,^(A) no utter darkness,^(B)
    where evildoers can hide.^(C)

“The Lord roars^(A) from Zion
    and thunders^(B) from Jerusalem;^(C)
the pastures of the shepherds dry up,
    and the top of Carmel^(D) withers.”^(E)

⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,^(A)
    your right hand^(B) will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”