It is simple. He is God and we are not. He sees clearly, we see through a glass darkly. He knows who is in charge. We forget all the time.

1 Samuel 16:7

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But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

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