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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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A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,

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And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice(A) against my adversary.’

“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,

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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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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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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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Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see it! The Lord has abandoned the land!’

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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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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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Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths;
    their words cut like swords.
    “After all, who can hear us?” they sneer.

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See what they spew from their mouths(A)
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(B)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”(C)

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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?

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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)

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