²³ By myself I have sworn;
    from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness
    a word that shall not return:
“To me every knee shall bow,
    every tongue shall swear.”^(A)

⁸ For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.

⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(A)