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Psalm 66:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If my thoughts had been sinful, he would have refused to hear me.

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If God All-Powerful refuses to answer their empty prayers,

Be on guard! Don't turn to evil as a way of escape.

The LORD never even hears the prayers of the wicked, but he answers the prayers of all who obey him.

The LORD is disgusted by gifts from the wicked, but it makes him happy when his people pray.

If you won't help the poor, don't expect to be heard when you cry out for help.

God cannot stand the prayers of anyone who disobeys his Law.

“No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners.

Yet even when you do pray, your prayers are not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.