⁹ Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?^(A)

²³ “Am I only a God nearby,^(A)”
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
²⁴ Who can hide^(B) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(C)
declares the Lord.

⁴ The Lord is in his holy temple;^(A)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.^(B)
He observes everyone on earth;^(C)
    his eyes examine^(D) them.

¹² Ears that hear and eyes that see—
    the Lord has made them both.^(A)

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(K) from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(L) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(M) in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,^(N)
    your right hand^(O) will hold me fast.
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^(P) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

²¹ would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(A)

³ Though you probe my heart,^(A)
    though you examine me at night and test me,^(B)
you will find that I have planned no evil;^(C)
    my mouth has not transgressed.^(D)

20 Wine^(A) is a mocker^(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray^(C) by them is not wise.^(D)