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

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12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
    and I will punish the people
who settle like dregs in wine,
    those who say in their hearts,
“The Lord will not do good,
    nor will he do harm.”(A)

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But they do not consider
    that I remember all their wickedness.
Now their deeds surround them;
    they are before my face.(A)

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

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

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12 Then he said to me, “Mortal, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

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Psalm 139

The Inescapable God

To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.

O Lord, you have searched me and known me.(A)
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from far away.(B)
You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.(C)
Even before a word is on my tongue,
    O Lord, you know it completely.(D)
You hem me in, behind and before,
    and lay your hand upon me.(E)
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
    it is so high that I cannot attain it.(F)

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They set their mouths against heaven,
    and their tongues range over the earth.

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21 would not God discover this?
    For he knows the secrets of the heart.(A)

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11 They think in their heart, “God has forgotten;
    he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”(A)

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