They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongues walk through the earth.

He has said in his heart, the Mighty God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see it!

Yet they say, YAH does not see, nor does the God of Jacob perceive it.

And you say, What does the Mighty God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?

Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, and He walks above the circle of the heavens.

Then He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, Jehovah does not see us, Jehovah has forsaken the land.

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are curdled in their dregs; who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will He do evil.

shall not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

i1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par O Jehovah, You have searched me and known me.

You have sifted through my way of life and my lying down, and are familiar with all my ways.

You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me.

And they do not consider within their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their own doings have surrounded them. They are before My face.