²³ Am I a God who is only in one place and cannot see what they are doing? ²⁴ Can anyone hide from me? Am I not everywhere in all of heaven and earth?

^17-18 For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will give you victory. He will rejoice over you with great gladness; he will love you and not accuse you.” Is that a joyous choir I hear? No, it is the Lord himself exulting over you in happy song.

“I have gathered your wounded and taken away your reproach.

³ The Lord is watching everywhere and keeps his eye on both the evil and the good.