Psalms 35:22

35:22 But you take notice, ¹  Lord!

O Lord, do not remain far away from me!

Proverbs 15:3

15:3 The eyes of the Lord ²  are in every place,

keeping watch ³  on those who are evil and those who are good.

Jeremiah 16:17

16:17 For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 23:24

23:24 “Do you really think anyone can hide himself

where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. ⁵ 

“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” ⁶ 

the Lord asks. ⁷ 

Hebrews 4:13

4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, ⁸  but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

¹ tn Heb “you see, O Lord.” There is a deliberate play on words. In v. 21 the enemies say, “our eye sees,” but the psalmist is confident that the Lord “sees” as well, so he appeals to him for help (see also v. 17).

² sn The proverb uses anthropomorphic language to describe God’s exacting and evaluating knowledge of all people.

³ tn The form צֹפוֹת (tsofot, “watching”) is a feminine plural participle agreeing with “eyes.” God’s watching eyes comfort good people but convict evil.

⁴ tn Heb “For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hidden from before me. And their sin is not hidden away from before my eyes.”

⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

⁶ tn The words “Don’t you know” are not in the text. They are a way of conveying the idea that the question which reads literally “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” expects a positive answer. They follow the pattern used at the beginning of the previous two questions and continue that thought. The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

⁸ tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.