¹² “Is not God high in the heavens?
    See ^(A)the highest stars, how lofty they are!
¹³ But you say, ^(B)‘What does God know?
    Can he judge through ^(C)the deep darkness?
^14 (D)Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
    and he walks on the vault of heaven.’

^12 (C)Arise, O Lord; O God, ^(D)lift up your hand;
    ^(E)forget not the afflicted.
¹³ Why does the wicked ^(F)renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not ^(G)call to account”?

¹⁵ Ah, ^(A)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are ^(B)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”