⁵ Look up at the heavens^(A) and see;
    gaze at the clouds so high above you.^(B)

¹² “Is not God in the heights of heaven?^(A)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!

⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(A)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(B)

²² He sits enthroned^(A) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.^(B)
He stretches out the heavens^(C) like a canopy,^(D)
    and spreads them out like a tent^(E) to live in.^(F)
23 He brings princes^(G) to naught
    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.^(H)

³ When I consider your heavens,^(A)
    the work of your fingers,^(B)
the moon and the stars,^(C)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[a](D)

²² Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;^(A)
    God comes in awesome majesty.^(B)
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;^(C)
    in his justice^(D) and great righteousness, he does not oppress.^(E)

¹⁶ Do you know how the clouds hang poised,^(A)
    those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?^(B)

²⁶ How great is God—beyond our understanding!^(A)
    The number of his years is past finding out.^(B)

²⁷ “He draws up the drops of water,^(C)
    which distill as rain to the streams^[a];^(D)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers^(E) fall on mankind.^(F)
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
    how he thunders^(G) from his pavilion?^(H)
30 See how he scatters his lightning^(I) about him,
    bathing the depths of the sea.^(J)
31 This is the way he governs^[b] the nations^(K)
    and provides food^(L) in abundance.^(M)
32 He fills his hands with lightning
    and commands it to strike its mark.^(N)
33 His thunder announces the coming storm;^(O)
    even the cattle make known its approach.^[c](P)

37 “At this my heart pounds^(Q)
    and leaps from its place.
² Listen!^(R) Listen to the roar of his voice,^(S)
    to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.^(T)
3 He unleashes his lightning^(U) beneath the whole heaven
    and sends it to the ends of the earth.^(V)
4 After that comes the sound of his roar;
    he thunders^(W) with his majestic voice.^(X)
When his voice resounds,
    he holds nothing back.
⁵ God’s voice thunders^(Y) in marvelous ways;^(Z)
    he does great things beyond our understanding.^(AA)