Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalm 94:7 lays bare the secret inward persuasion that the Lord does not see wrongdoing and the God of Jacob does not take notice of it. It is directed as a rebuke against selfish and harsh treatment of children in the home by those who act as if God does not see. Contrary to that hidden belief, God does see the want of love and affection and patient forbearance and sympathy and tenderness, and He sees the harsh ways and censure and impatience and dislike that embitter young lives and crush tender hearts. He takes knowledge of a trust voluntarily assumed as mother yet left unfulfilled, and of love and hopefulness and joy dried up in children. For such wrongs in the home He will visit, and in the day of God He will require a fearful account.
The verse also describes those who, when their sins are laid open, vindicate their own course and cover up and make light of their errors and grievous transgressions instead of humbling their hearts and confessing. They become alienated from those who reprove them and turn to criticizing others, standing as accusers, while thinking their own ways and crooked works are hidden from the Lord and that He does not know and does not take notice. That spirit of self-justification is the same spirit by which Satan, through misrepresentation and accusing those who would not unite with him, gained the sympathy of one-third of the angels in heaven. Continuing in those steps causes men and women to fall from the truth and give up their steadfastness.
Psalm 94:7 lays bare the secret inward persuasion that the Lord does not see wrongdoing and the God of Jacob does not take notice of it. It is directed as a rebuke against selfish and harsh treatment of children in the home by those who act as if God does not see. Contrary to that hidden belief, God does see the want of love and affection and patient forbearance and sympathy and tenderness, and He sees the harsh ways and censure and impatience and dislike that embitter young lives and crush tender hearts. He takes knowledge of a trust voluntarily assumed as mother yet left unfulfilled, and of love and hopefulness and joy dried up in children. For such wrongs in the home He will visit, and in the day of God He will require a fearful account.
The verse also describes those who, when their sins are laid open, vindicate their own course and cover up and make light of their errors and grievous transgressions instead of humbling their hearts and confessing. They become alienated from those who reprove them and turn to criticizing others, standing as accusers, while thinking their own ways and crooked works are hidden from the Lord and that He does not know and does not take notice. That spirit of self-justification is the same spirit by which Satan, through misrepresentation and accusing those who would not unite with him, gained the sympathy of one-third of the angels in heaven. Continuing in those steps causes men and women to fall from the truth and give up their steadfastness.