The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
- BSB The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- NKJV The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- NASB ¶The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of mankind;
- NLT The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.
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The Lord looks down from heaven and sees all humanity.
Overview
The psalmist affirms God's all-seeing oversight as he observes every person from heaven. Nothing escapes his attentive gaze. This omniscience is both comforting and sobering, and it is fully known in Christ, who knows what is in each heart.
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Cross-references · 11
- Job 28:24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Ps 53:2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
- Heb 4:13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
- 2 Chr 16:9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
- Prov 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
- Jer 23:23–24Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
- Ps 14:2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
- Ps 102:19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
- Lam 3:50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
- Gen 6:12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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