¹⁶ Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,^(A)
    for no godless^(B) person would dare come before him!^(C)

⁷ There the upright^(A) can establish their innocence before him,^(B)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(C)

³³ if I have concealed^(A) my sin as people do,^[a]
    by hiding^(B) my guilt in my heart

²² There is no deep shadow,^(A) no utter darkness,^(B)
    where evildoers can hide.^(C)

²³ God has no need to examine people further,^(A)
    that they should come before him for judgment.^(B)

⁵ The arrogant^(A) cannot stand^(B)
    in your presence.
You hate^(C) all who do wrong;

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.

¹⁵ Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide^(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?^(B) Who will know?”^(C)