The sacred writer's statement about God, who sees the evil and the good alike, can be interpreted in different ways. There will be, perhaps, some whom this thought confirms either in complacency...
The sacred writer's statement about God, who sees the evil and the good alike, can be interpreted in different ways. There will be, perhaps, some whom this thought confirms either in complacency, if they openly or deep down realize that in God's eyes they will turn out to be evil rather than good, or in despondency, if they count themselves among the good and hope for swift heavenly justice. Meanwhile, the author of the aphorism, it appears, says nothing about God's attitude toward what He sees. The author only states the fact that nothing is hidden from God.
Of course, this statement itself was needed most of all because, for many, what is said is not obvious at all. Sometimes it can really seem that God has no concern for people and their good and evil deeds. But what if the sacred writer is right? Then the most natural thing is to suppose that justice is only being postponed. And why it is being postponed is something we can only surmise.
From the point of view of New Testament revelation, much is explained by the Savior's parable of the wheat and the weeds sown in one field: until the time of harvest they grow together, otherwise there is a chance of pulling up the ears of grain along with the weeds. Indeed, it is hardly possible to change a person radically without the complete transformation of human nature, just as it is impossible to change human society radically. In that case, every attempt at the radical destruction of sin will inevitably turn into something resembling a worldwide flood. And God waits for the day of harvest. And we wait for the day of Judgment and final transformation.
