¹³ Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

²⁹ Far `is' Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.

¹¹ Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

¹⁵ And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

³ ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend `it'.

²¹ and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

²² And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.'

⁷ `And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

²² For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.

² To Me they cry, `My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.'

³ Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

¹⁴ And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

¹ Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

² Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

³ For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

⁹ Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer `is' an abomination.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.

¹⁷ He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

²⁰ I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.

⁸ For what `is' the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

⁹ His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

²² Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

²³ If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

²⁴ So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

²⁵ And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver `is' strength to thee.

²⁶ For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

²⁷ Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.