¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, The Lord wouldn't have listened.

³¹ We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

⁹ He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

¹⁵ When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

³ You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

⁸ For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life?

⁹ Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him?

²¹ Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction.

⁸ The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

²⁹ Yahweh is far from the wicked, But he hears the prayer of the righteous.

¹³ Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, He will also cry out, but shall not be heard.