Mazmur 94:7-11

94:7 Then they say, “The Lord does not see this;

the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.” ¹ 

94:8 Take notice of this, ²  you ignorant people! ³ 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

94:9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear?

Does the one who forms the human eye not see? ⁴ 

94:10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish?

He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

94:11 The Lord knows that

peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt. ⁵ 

[94:7]  ¹ tn Heb “does not understand.”

[94:8]  ² tn Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.

[94:8]  ³ tn Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”

[94:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “The one who plants an ear, does he not hear? The one who forms an eye, does he not see?”

[94:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are emptiness.” The psalmist thinks specifically of the “thoughts” expressed in v. 7.