⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(A) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(B) in the depths, you are there.

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)
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword^(I) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm^(J) and not for good.^(K)”^(L)

²¹ “His eyes are on the ways of mortals;^(A)
    he sees their every step.^(B)
22 There is no deep shadow,^(C) no utter darkness,^(D)
    where evildoers can hide.^(E)

“In my distress I called^(A) to the Lord,^(B)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead^(C) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.

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