Psalms 73:11

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?

“Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord Yahweh, you know.”

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),

You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

Yahweh says to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”

Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”

For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.

“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom,

“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”

the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the wall.” When I had dug in the wall, I saw a door.

Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.

You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? For they say, ‘Yahweh doesn’t see us. Yahweh has forsaken the land.’ ”

They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”