Woe [to them] that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke;

who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know [it].

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us; we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected.

And I will cause judgment [to be] for hope, and My compassion shall be for [just] measures, and you that trust vainly in falsehood [shall fall]; for the storm shall by no means pass by you,

Woe to the apostate children, says the Lord; you have framed counsel, not by Me, and covenants not by My Spirit, to add sins to sins;

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

A cloud is His hiding place, and He shall not be seen; and He passes through the circle of heaven.

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].

They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,

For the end, A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have proved me, and known me.

You have traced my path and my bed, and have foreseen all my ways.

the last and the first: You have fashioned me, and laid Your hand upon me.

Where shall I go from Your Spirit? And to where shall I flee from Your presence?

Shall anyone hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? Says the Lord.

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.

I will kill her children by death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

Why then has He not visited these? Forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?

And the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, saying, Eye shall not see me, and he puts a covering on his face.

For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, for each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.

Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

Now in the meantime, as an innumerable crowd had gathered together so that they were stepping on one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in behind closed doors shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who also will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make clear the purposes of the hearts. Then each one's praise shall come from God.

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God.

for your trusting in wickedness; for you said, I am, and there is not another; know therefore the understanding of these things and your harlotry shall be your shame; for you said in your heart, I am, and there is not another.

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

And they said, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

He that planted the ear, does He not hear? Or He that formed the eye, does not He perceive?

you that have provoked God with your words. But you said, In what way have we provoked Him? In that you say, Everyone that does evil is a pleasing object in the sight of the Lord, and He takes pleasure in such; and where is the God of justice?