⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(A) from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(B) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(C) 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,^(D)
    your right hand^(E) 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^(F) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

⁹ I took you from the ends of the earth,^(A)
    from its farthest corners I called^(B) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;^(C)
    I have chosen^(D) you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰ So do not fear,^(E) for I am with you;^(F)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen^(G) you and help^(H) you;
    I will uphold you^(I) with my righteous right hand.^(J)

¹¹ “All who rage^(K) against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;^(L)
those who oppose^(M) you
    will be as nothing and perish.^(N)
12 Though you search for your enemies,
    you will not find them.^(O)
Those who wage war against you
    will be as nothing^(P) at all.
¹³ For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand^(Q)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help^(R) you.