But you, O LORD, have seen this. So don't be silent, Lord; don't keep yourself far away!

The LORD sees what happens everywhere; he is watching us, whether we do good or evil.

I see everything they do. Nothing is hidden from me; their sins do not escape my sight.

No one can hide where I cannot see them. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?

There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that we must all give an account of ourselves.

But how can you stand these treacherous, evil men? Your eyes are too holy to look at evil, and you cannot stand the sight of people doing wrong. So why are you silent while they destroy people who are more righteous than they are?

Adonibezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. God has now done to me what I did to them." He was taken to Jerusalem, where he died.

'I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.' So take Joram's body," Jehu ordered his aide, "and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the LORD's promise."

O LORD, listen in heaven and judge your servants. Punish the guilty ones as they deserve and acquit the innocent.

They have come to destroy Babylon; its soldiers are captured, and their bows are broken. I am a God who punishes evil, and I will treat Babylon as it deserves.

"What are you trying to do to me, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Philistia? Are you trying to pay me back for something? If you are, I will quickly pay you back!

Leave your troubles with the LORD, and he will defend you; he never lets honest people be defeated.

and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.

So then, those who suffer because it is God's will for them, should by their good actions trust themselves completely to their Creator, who always keeps his promise.

Leave all your worries with him, because he cares for you.

What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth?

Leave your orphans with me, and I will take care of them. Your widows can depend on me.

God, who lives in his sacred Temple, cares for orphans and protects widows.

He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin.

He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly; he loves the foreigners who live with our people, and gives them food and clothes.

Assyria can never save us, and war horses cannot protect us. We will never again say to our idols that they are our God. O LORD, you show mercy to those who have no one else to turn to."