¹⁴ I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(A)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”^(B)

⁸ “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security^(A)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.^(B)
I will never be a widow^(C)
    or suffer the loss of children.’

²³ Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?^(A)
    Against whom have you raised your voice^(B)
and lifted your eyes in pride?^(C)
    Against the Holy One^(D) of Israel!
²⁴ By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
    ‘With my many chariots^(E)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights^(F) of Lebanon.^(G)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.^(H)
I have reached its remotest heights,
    the finest of its forests.