Job 11:11
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Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
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Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.