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

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

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12 “I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem’s darkest corners
    to punish those who sit complacent in their sins.
They think the Lord will do nothing to them,
    either good or bad.

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12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,(A)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,(B)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,(C)
    either good or bad.’(D)

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Its people don’t realize
    that I am watching them.
Their sinful deeds are all around them,
    and I see them all.

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but they do not realize
    that I remember(A) all their evil deeds.(B)
Their sins engulf them;(C)
    they are always before me.

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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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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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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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12 Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our 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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Psalm 139

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O Lord, you have examined my heart
    and know everything about me.
You know when I sit down or stand up.
    You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You see me when I travel
    and when I rest at home.
    You know everything I do.
You know what I am going to say
    even before I say it, Lord.
You go before me and follow me.
    You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
    too great for me to understand!

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,(A) Lord,
    and you know(B) me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;(C)
    you perceive my thoughts(D) from afar.
You discern my going out(E) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(F)
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.(G)
You hem me in(H) behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,(I)
    too lofty(J) for me to attain.

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They boast against the very heavens,
    and their words strut throughout the earth.

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Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.

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21 God would surely have known it,
    for he knows the secrets of every heart.

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21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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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!”

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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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