^18 (A)Three things are ^(B)too wonderful for me;
    ^(C)four I do not understand:
¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky,
    the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
    and the way of a man with a virgin.

²⁰ This is the way of an adulteress:
    she eats and wipes her mouth
    and says, “I have done no wrong.”

^(B)When the Assyrian comes into our land
    and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven ^(C)shepherds
    and eight princes of men;

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.