11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has (A)hidden his face, he (B)will never see it.”

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11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(A)
    he covers his face and never sees.”(B)

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12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (A)in the dark, each (B)in his room of pictures? For they say, (C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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(A)and they say, “The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

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They say, “The Lord does not see;(A)
    the God of Jacob(B) takes no notice.”

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11 And they say, (A)“How can God know?
    Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

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11 They say, “How would God know?
    Does the Most High know anything?”

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He (A)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
    throughout all generations I (B)shall not meet adversity.”

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He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(A)

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Then he said to me, (A)“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. (B)The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For (C)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

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He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice.(A) They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’(B)

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11 Because (A)the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, (B)the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

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They (A)hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of (B)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (C)“Who can see them?”

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They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;(A)
    they say, “Who will see it[a]?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 64:5 Or us

39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If (A)this man were (B)a prophet, he (C)would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”

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39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet,(A) he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”

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Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,

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Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,

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13 But you say, (A)‘What does God know?
    Can he judge through (B)the deep darkness?
14 (C)Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
    and he walks on the vault of heaven.’

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13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(A)
    Does he judge through such darkness?(B)
14 Thick clouds(C) veil him, so he does not see us(D)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(E)

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