^14 (A)Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
    and he walks on the vault of heaven.’

¹¹ If I say, ^(A)“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and the light about me be night,”
^12 (B)even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light with you.

^2 (A)Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    ^(B)righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

139 O Lord, you have ^(A)searched me and known me!
² You ^(B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you ^(C)discern my thoughts from afar.

¹⁴ from ^(A)where he sits enthroned he ^(B)looks out
    on all the inhabitants of the earth,

²² There is no ^(A)gloom or ^(B)deep darkness
    where evildoers may hide themselves.

⁹ He covers the face of the full moon^[a]
    and ^(A)spreads over it his cloud.