²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail,^(A)
    and escape will elude them;^(B)
    their hope will become a dying gasp.”^(C)

¹² “Is not God in the heights of heaven?^(A)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!
¹³ Yet you say, ‘What does God know?^(B)
    Does he judge through such darkness?^(C)
14 Thick clouds^(D) veil him, so he does not see us^(E)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’^(F)

¹⁴ For God will bring every deed into judgment,^(A)
    including every hidden thing,^(B)
    whether it is good or evil.

¹⁵ You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,^(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,^(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie^(C) our refuge
    and falsehood^[a] our hiding place.^(D)”