Psalms 94:7
5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
9 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- KJV
- Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
- WEB
- They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
- ASV
- And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
- DARBY
- And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
- BLB
- And they say, “Yah does not see, and the God of Jacob does not discern.”
- ÅB
- Og de sier: Herren ser ikke, og Jakobs Gud gir ikke akt.
- OTB
- De har sagt, “Herren ser ikke,
Jakobs Gud legger ikke merke til det.” - B1930
- Og de sier: Herren ser ikke, og Jakobs Gud gir ikke akt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 18:3–4
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
Read in contextPsalms 10:11–13
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Read in contextIsaiah 29:15
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Read in contextEzekiel 8:12
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Read in contextJob 22:12–13
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Read in contextZephaniah 1:12
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
Read in contextEzekiel 9:9
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
Read in contextPsalms 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Read in context