Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer `is' an abomination.
In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
Is a throne of mischief joined `with' Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
The sacrifice of the wicked `is' abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
Lo, ye `are' of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.
When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.
and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;