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Psalm 10:11
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
10The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
12Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
13Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
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The oppressor’s claim that God has forgotten exposes a chilling confidence: he thinks the harm he does to helpless people will escape God’s sight.
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Job 22:13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?Both passages report words questioning God’s awareness of what people do, with Job’s verse also questioning his judgment.
Job 24:15The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.The oppressor and the adulterer each count on going unseen, treating concealment as protection for their actions.
Ezekiel 8:12Then 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, ‘The …The elders acting in the dark share the oppressor’s claim that God does not see what they do.
Psalm 94:7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”Both verses record people claiming that God will neither see nor attend to what they do.
Psalm 64:5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”Secret snares in Psalm 64 echo the surrounding ambush in Psalm 10; those plotting harm count on escaping notice.
Psalm 59:7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”Both passages pair harmful conduct with speech that assumes it will escape notice, through unseen deeds or unheard words.
Jeremiah 23:24Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.Jeremiah records God denying that anyone can hide from his sight, contradicting the oppressor’s claim that God will never see.
Psalm 10:6He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”Both verses reveal the oppressor’s inward speech: he assures himself of lasting security and freedom from God’s notice.
Amos 8:7The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.The oppressor says God has forgotten; in Amos, the LORD swears that he will never forget their works.
Deuteronomy 29:19and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my …Both verses describe inward assurances of safety while a person persists in conduct that disregards God.
Job 11:11For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.Psalm 10 records a claim that God will never see; Job’s verse says he sees iniquity.
Ezekiel 9:9Then 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 …Ezekiel links bloodshed and perversion with the same claim heard from Psalm 10’s oppressor: God does not see.
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The claim that God has forgotten belongs to the person crushing the helpless. Scripture exposes his words; the next verse pleads for God to act.
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