¹⁰ That is why snares^(A) are all around you,^(B)
    why sudden peril terrifies you,^(C)
11 why it is so dark^(D) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.^(E)

¹² “Is not God in the heights of heaven?^(F)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!
¹³ Yet you say, ‘What does God know?^(G)
    Does he judge through such darkness?^(H)
14 Thick clouds^(I) veil him, so he does not see us^(J)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’^(K)

¹⁰ That is why snares^(A) are all around you,^(B)
    why sudden peril terrifies you,^(C)
11 why it is so dark^(D) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.^(E)

¹² “Is not God in the heights of heaven?^(F)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!