⁷ And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

¹² Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

¹³ And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

¹¹ He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

¹² Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.

¹³ Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

⁷ See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

¹⁵ Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

¹² And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

⁹ Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.

¹² And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.

³ And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

⁴ And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,