For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He has turned away His face so as never to look.

Why has the wicked provoked God? For he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].

Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [they say], has heard?

Does not He that dwells in the high places observe? And has He not brought down the proud?

And you have said, What does the Mighty One know? Does He judge in the dark?

Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? And who shall know us, or what we do?

And He said to me, You have seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber; because they have said, The Lord does not see; the Lord has forsaken the earth.

Then He said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah has become exceedingly great: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness; because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not upon [it].

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, and I will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will He do any evil.

Now there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give justice to me against my adversary.'

And he did not want to for a time; but afterward he said within himself, 'although I do not fear God, nor have regard for man,