And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind {\i in his father}, though he sought it diligently with tears.\par
When he slew them, then they inquired after him;\par\tab And they returned and sought God earnestly.
And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain,\par\tab When God taketh away his soul?
Will God hear his cry,\par\tab When trouble cometh upon him?
If I regard iniquity in my heart,\par\tab The Lord will not hear:
But ye have set at nought all my counsel,\par\tab And would none of my reproof:
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer;\par\tab They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: