⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;^(A)
    his faithfulness will be your shield^(B) and rampart.

¹¹ like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,^(A)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.^(B)
12 The Lord alone led^(C) him;^(D)
    no foreign god was with him.^(E)

⁸ Keep me^(A) as the apple of your eye;^(B)
    hide me^(C) in the shadow of your wings^(D)

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,^(A)
ask where the good way^(B) is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest^(C) for your souls.
    But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
¹⁷ I appointed watchmen^(D) over you and said,
    ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’^(E)
    But you said, ‘We will not listen.’^(F)

²⁴ But since you refuse^(A) to listen when I call^(B)
    and no one pays attention^(C) when I stretch out my hand,
²⁵ since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
²⁶ I in turn will laugh^(D) when disaster^(E) strikes you;
    I will mock^(F) when calamity overtakes you^(G)—
²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster^(H) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

²⁸ “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;^(I)
    they will look for me but will not find me,^(J)
29 since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.^(K)
30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,^(L)
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.^(M)