⁸ They are higher^(A) than the heavens^(B) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below^(C)—what can you know?^(D)

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

² Though they dig down to the depths below,^(A)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(B)
    from there I will bring them down.^(C)

⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(A)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(B)

⁵ Look up at the heavens^(A) and see;
    gaze at the clouds so high above you.^(B)

⁶ The realm of the dead^(A) is naked before God;
    Destruction^[a](B) lies uncovered.^(C)

² It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.^(A)
3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,
    so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,^(A)
    for his name alone is exalted;
    his splendor^(B) is above the earth and the heavens.^(C)