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

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And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, (A)‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

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15 Ah, (A)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are (B)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

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11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has (A)hidden his face, he (B)will never see it.”

12 (C)Arise, O Lord; O God, (D)lift up your hand;
    (E)forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked (F)renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not (G)call to account”?

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12 At that time (A)I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
    and I will punish the men
(B)who are complacent,[a]
    (C)those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
    nor will he do ill.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:12 Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]

Then he said to me, (A)“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. (B)The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For (C)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

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12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (A)in the dark, each (B)in his room of pictures? For they say, (C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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There they are, (A)bellowing with their mouths
    with (B)swords in their lips—
    for (C)“Who,” they think,[a] “will hear us?”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think

12 “Is not God high in the heavens?
    See (A)the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 But you say, (B)‘What does God know?
    Can he judge through (C)the deep darkness?

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