⁶ The underworld^[a] is naked in God’s presence.
    The place of destruction^[b] is uncovered.

¹¹ Even Death and Destruction^[a] hold no secrets from the Lord.
    How much more does he know the human heart!

⁸ If I go up to heaven, you are there;
    if I go down to the grave,^[a] you are there.

² “Even if they dig down to the place of the dead,^[a]
    I will reach down and pull them up.
Even if they climb up into the heavens,
    I will bring them down.

²² Destruction^[a] and Death say,
    ‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’

⁹ “In the place of the dead^[a] there is excitement
    over your arrival.
The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead
    stand up to see you.

¹¹ I could ask the darkness to hide me
    and the light around me to become night—

¹⁰ Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead?
    Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude