⁷ Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

³ You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

⁸ The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

²⁷ The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

¹⁵ And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.

³ They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

⁴ If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.