he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
But they do not consider that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.
“For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.
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