^{7 Ref} Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?

^{8 Ref} If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou `art', And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

^{9 Ref} I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,

^{10 Ref} Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.

^{11 Ref} And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me.

^{12 Ref} Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as `is' darkness so `is' light.

^{13 Ref} For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

^{14 Ref} I confess Thee, because that `with' wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful `are' Thy works, And my soul is knowing `it' well.

^{15 Ref} My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.

^{16 Ref} Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.