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11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
    and the light around me to become night—

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11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”

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22 “He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness;
    he brings light to the deepest gloom.

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22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(A)
    and brings utter darkness(B) into the light.(C)

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24 Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
    Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?”
    says the Lord.

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24 Who can hide(A) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(B)
declares the Lord.

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“The Lord isn’t looking,” they say,
    “and besides, the God of Israel[a] doesn’t care.”

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Footnotes

  1. 94:7 Hebrew of Jacob. See note on 44:4.

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

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12 “God is so great—higher than the heavens,
    higher than the farthest stars.
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.’

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12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven?(A)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(B)
    Does he judge through such darkness?(C)
14 Thick clouds(D) veil him, so he does not see us(E)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(F)

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

12 Arise, O Lord!
    Punish the wicked, O God!
    Do not ignore the helpless!
13 Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
    They think, “God will never call us to account.”

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

12 Arise,(C) Lord! Lift up your hand,(D) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.(E)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(F)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?(G)

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15 What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the Lord,
    who do their evil deeds in the dark!
“The Lord can’t see us,” they say.
    “He doesn’t know what’s going on!”

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15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(B) Who will know?”(C)

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