His prayer shall be made cursed, that boweth away his ear, that he hear not the law.
When he is deemed, go he out condemned; and his prayer be made into sin.
If I beheld wickedness in mine heart; the Lord shall not hear.
Whether the seat of wickedness cleaveth to thee; that makest travail in commandment?
The Lord shall not torment the soul of a just [or rightwise] man with hunger; and he shall destroy the treasons of unpious men.
The sacrifices of wicked men be abominable to the Lord; the avows of just men [or the vows of rightwise men] be pleasant.
He that stoppeth his ear at the cry of a poor man, shall cry also, and he shall not be heard.
The offerings of wicked men, that be offered of great trespass, be abominable.
Lo! ye be of nought, and your work is of that that is not; he that choose you, is abomination.
When they shall fast, I shall not hear the prayers of them; and if they offer burnt sacrifices and slain sacrifices, I shall not receive them, for I shall waste them by sword and hunger and pestilence.
And we know, that God heareth not sinful men, but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, he heareth him.