¹⁵ The adulterer waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
    He hides his face so no one will know him.

¹¹ The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
    He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”

⁹ It was at twilight, in the evening,
    as deep darkness fell.
¹⁰ The woman approached him,
    seductively dressed and sly of heart.

³² But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
    for he destroys himself.
³³ He will be wounded and disgraced.
    His shame will never be erased.
³⁴ For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious,
    and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
³⁵ He will accept no compensation,
    nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.

¹¹ “What does God know?” they ask.
    “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”

¹⁸ When you see thieves, you approve of them,
    and you spend your time with adulterers.

¹³ But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing!
    How can he judge through the thick darkness?
¹⁴ For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.
    He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.’