11 He has said in his heart,
“God has forgotten;
He hides His face;
He will never see.”

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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 do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, (A)‘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)Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob [a]understand.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:7 pay attention

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 does God know?
And 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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(A)He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
(B)I shall never be in 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, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and (A)the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, (B)‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and (C)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 (A)Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them 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 encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
(A)They say, “Who will 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 spoke to himself, saying, (A)“This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner 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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And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

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

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13 And you say, (A)‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the deep darkness?
14 (B)Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks above the circle 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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