But stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

But now, please look at me;
would I lie to your face?

Why do You hide Your face
and consider me Your enemy?

Though his face is covered with fat
and his waistline bulges with it,

You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;
My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

My face has grown red with weeping,
and darkness covers my eyes,

They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

Who would denounce his behavior to his face?
Who would repay him for what he has done?

Then you will delight in the Almighty
and lift up your face to God.

Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
thinking: No eye will see me;
he covers his face.

They despise me and keep their distance from me;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That man will see His face with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,