¹⁸ I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

³¹ We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

⁹ As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.

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 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 For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

⁹ Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

²¹ Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

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

²⁹ The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

¹³ He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.