Translations
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
YHWH is in His holy temple; YHWH is on His throne in the skies. His eyes are watching; His eyelashes are scrutinising the sons of Adam.
Yahweh sits enthroned in His holy palace; Yahweh's throne commands the heavens above. His eyes are wide open, His piercing gaze testing every child of Adam.
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
Footnotes
The psalm pivots decisively here. Heikhal means both 'palace' and 'temple'—YHWH is simultaneously cosmic King and covenantal Presence dwelling among His people. Shamayim is rendered 'skies' in F.O.G. to preserve the ancient three-tier cosmology (earth, skies, upper waters); F.O.G.M. uses 'heavens' for its theological register of divine transcendence. The image of af'apav ('His eyelids') is a vivid anthropomorphism: the narrowing of eyes to scrutinise closely—penetrating moral inspection. The 'sons of Adam' (benei adam) roots all humanity in the first man, hinting at the universal scope of God's examination and perhaps at the Adamic failure that makes such scrutiny necessary.

