For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Ver. 21. For the ways of man, &c.] Turpe quid acturus te sine teste time. a A man that is about any evil should stand in awe of himself; how much more of God, since he is πανοφθαλμος, all eye, and beholdeth the most secret of thine actions. The proverb is, Si non caste, saltem caute, Carry the matter, if not honestly, yet so closely and cleanly that the world may be never the wiser. How cunningly did David art it to hide his sip! But it would not be. "There is nothing covered that shall not be revealed." Luk 12:2 "If I make my bed in hell," said he, Psa 139:8 - as indeed the places where fornicators use to lodge are little better, - "behold thou art there." This God allegeth as a forcible reason against this sin. "I have seeu the lewdness of thy whoredoms"; Jer 13:27 and, "Even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord." Jer 29:23
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