²² There is no deep shadow,^(A) no utter darkness,^(B)
    where evildoers can hide.^(C)

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)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(D)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(E)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(F)
    there I will command the serpent^(G) to bite them.^(H)

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
    but it is the ruin of those who do evil.^(A)

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark^(A) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

²⁴ Who can hide^(A) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(B)
declares the Lord.

⁵ May gloom and utter darkness^(A) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.