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15 The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight;(A)
    he says, “No eye will see me.”
He puts a mask over his face;

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The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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11 Sheol and Abaddon[a] lie open before the Lord;
    how much more the hearts of mortals!

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Footnotes

  1. 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon: terms for the abode of the dead, signifying the profound obscurity which is open nevertheless to the sight and power of God; cf. 27:20.

The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold,
    but the tester of hearts is the Lord.

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12     because you said, “We didn’t know about it”?
Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows
    and will repay all according to their deeds.(A)

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15 Ah! You who would hide a plan
    too deep for the Lord!
Who work in the dark, saying,
    “Who sees us, who knows us?”(A)

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12 Then he said to me: Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his idol chamber? They think: “The Lord cannot see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.”(A)

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