Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
BSB
ASV
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
KJV
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
You have set our iniquities in your sight. Nothing is hidden from you: that is, neither does night hide our sins, nor do shadows envelop them: all things shine bright before you. Our age in the illumination of your countenance. It stands better in the Hebrew: "Our faults in the illumination of your countenance." Whatever we do, whatever we think we are doing in secret, lies open in your eyes.
For their more secret departures from him: " Thou hast set our secret sins (those which go no further than the heart, and which are at the bottom of all the overt acts) in the light of thy countenance; that is, thou hast discovered these, and brought these also to the account, and made us to see them, who before overlooked them." Secret sins are known to God and shall be reckoned for.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee. Hence these tears! Sin seen by God must work death; it is only by the covering blood of atonement that life comes to any of us. When God was overthrowing the tribes in the wilderness he had their iniquities before him, and therefore dealt with them in severity. He could not have their iniquities before him and not smite them. Our secret sins in the fight of thy countenance. There are no secrets before God; he unearths man's hidden things, and exposes them to the light.
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Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
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The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
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Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
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Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
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on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
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Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
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Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.