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21Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
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I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. …
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-26)The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to:— 1. That, though they suffered these hard things, yet they kept close to God and to their duty (Ps. 44:17): “ All th…
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