¹⁵ When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
    Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
    for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

²⁵ You ignored my advice
    and rejected the correction I offered.
²⁶ So I will laugh when you are in trouble!
    I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—
²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,
    and anguish and distress overwhelm you.

²⁸ “When they cry for help, I will not answer.
    Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

¹³ Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
    will be ignored in their own time of need.

⁴¹ They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
    They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.

⁹ Will God listen to their cry
    when trouble comes upon them?