But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

"So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the children of Israel, 'You [are] a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.' "

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place; He will come down And tread on the high places of the earth.

"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret [sins] in the light of Your countenance.

"The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron; With the point of a diamond [it is] engraved On the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

I, the LORD, search the heart, [I] test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

"And it shall come to pass at that time [That] I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish the men Who are settled in complacency, Who say in their heart, 'The LORD will not do good, Nor will He do evil.'

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things [are] naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we [must give] account.

For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the children of Israel, 'You [are] a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.' "

"And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you [and] test you, to know what [was] in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

"you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

"The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know -- if [it is] in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD, do not save us this day.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known [me.]

You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.

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

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

[If] I take the wings of the morning, [And] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me;

For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.

My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, [And] skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;

And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!