¹⁰ You felt secure in your wickedness;
    you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
    ^(A)“I am, and there is no one besides me.”

¹⁵ Ah, ^(A)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are ^(B)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

^(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
    and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

^(C)“Because your heart is proud,
    and ^(D)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
    in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^(E)you are but a man, and no god,
    ^(F)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
^3 (G)you are indeed wiser ^(H)than ^(I)Daniel;
    no secret is hidden from you;
⁴ by your wisdom and your understanding
    ^(J)you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
    into your treasuries;
⁵ by your great wisdom in your trade
    you have increased your wealth,
    and ^(K)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God:
^(L)Because you make your heart
    like the heart of a god,